A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.
115 min
Written byPaul W. Cooper
Al Freeman Jr.
Poppa
Phylicia Rashād
Ma Ponk
Paula Kelly
Ma Pearl
Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson)
Anna Maria Horsford
Miss Annie
Bernie Casey
Mr. Walter
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