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Oprah Winfrey as Mattie Michael |
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Mary Alice as Fannie Michael |
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Olivia Cole as Miss Sophie |
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Robin Givens as Kiswana / Melanie Browne |
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Moses Gunn as Ben |
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Paula Kelly as Theresa |
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Lonette McKee as Lorraine |
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Barbara Montgomery as Miss Eva Turner |
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Phyllis Yvonne Stickney as Cora Lee |
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Leon as Abshu |
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Cicely Tyson as |
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Lynn Whitfield as Ciel |
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Paul Winfield as Sam Michael |
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William Allen Young as Eugene |
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Cicely Tyson as Mrs. Browne |
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Bruce Beatty as Crony |
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William Frankfather as Judge |
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Clark Johnson as Butch Fuller |
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Homeselle Joy as Betina |
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Eugene Lee as Basil |
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Bebe Drake as Cleo |
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Glenn Plummer as C.C. Baker |
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Roxanne Reese as Alfreda |
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Douglas Turner Ward as Reverend Woods |
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Samm-Art Williams as Cecil Garvin |
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Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard as Brucie |
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Maya Leonard as Diedre |
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Phill Lewis as Bottom |
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Bee-Be Smith as Hippolyta |
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Larenz Tate as Sammy |
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Geoffrey Thorne as Theseus |
| Directing | Donna Deitch | Director |
| Writing | Gloria Naylor | Novel |
| Production | Barbara Black | Line Producer |
| Production | Reuben Cannon | Producer |
| Production | Carole Isenberg | Executive Producer |
| Production | Patricia K. Meyer | Producer |
| Production | Oprah Winfrey | Executive Producer |
| Sound | David Shire | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Alexander Gruszynski | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Karen Hall | Teleplay |
