
Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South. Eventually, the family rediscovers its African-American roots and elects to stay in their new rural surroundings.
Cast

Robert Hooks
Nate Simmons

Cicely Tyson
Priscilla Simmons

Kevin Hooks
Junior
Eric Hooks
Highpockets

Beah Richards
Grandma

Lincoln Kilpatrick
Joe Mayfield

Mary Alice
Helen Mayfield

Edward Binns
Mr. Claypool
Sonny Jim Gaines
Trunk

Minnie Gentry
Aunt Velvet
Tia Rance
Darlene
Philip Wende
Sheriff
Albert B. Cooper IV
Stand-in (uncredited)
Crew
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