Plot
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
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Cast
Cicely Tyson
Rebecca Morgan
Paul Winfield
Nathan Lee Morgan
Kevin Hooks
David Lee Morgan
Taj Mahal
Ike
Janet MacLachlan
Camille Johnson
Carmen Mathews
Mrs. Boatwright
James Best
Sheriff Charlie Young
Eric Hooks
Earl Morgan
Yvonne Jarrell
Josie Mae Morgan
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Harriet
Teddy Airhart
Mr. Perkins
Richard Durham
Perkins' Foreman
Wendell Brumfield
Deputy #1
Al Bankston
Deputy #2
Myrl Sharkey
Teacher
Inez Durham
Court Clerk
William T. Bennett
Judge
Thomas N. Phillips
Pastor
Carl Braser
Wagon Driver
Jerry Leggio
Guard #1
Peter Goff
Guard #2
Walter L. Chaney
Guard #3
Roy Idom
Guard #4
Randy Wilson
Convict #1
Isaac Greggs
Convict #2
Jackie Spears
Girl #1
Porter Mathews
Boy #1
Timothy Smith
Boy #2
Spencer Bradford
Clarence
Swampy
Sounder (uncredited)
