
A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.
Cast

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

Isaac Hayes
Preacher Hurn

Ray J
Cliff (12 Yrs.) (as Willis Norwood Jr.)

Polly Bergen
Miss Maybry

Taj Mahal
Mr. Will

Leon
Uncle Melvin

Richard Roundtree
Cleve

Frank Hoyt Taylor
Straw Boss
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