• 
  Peter Werner

  regizor

• 
  Carol Schreder

  scenarist

• 
  Queen Latifah

  Diana
• 
  Mario Van Peebles

  Luke
• 
  Cicely Tyson

  mama Flora
• 
  Blair Underwood

  Willie
• 
  Terrence Howard

  Lincoln
• 
  Della Reese

  Nana Fleming

• 
  Edith Ivey

  Mrs. Hopkins (Older Woman)
• 
  Shashawnee Hall

  Ab
• 
  Donna Biscoe

  Jessica
• 
  Mert Hatfield

  Şerif
• 
  DJ Qualls

  Jason
• 
  Earl Maddox

  Racist
• 
  Mitchell Laurance

  State's Attorney

• 
  Lou Myers

  Albie
• 
  Rhoda Griffis

  Mrs. Hopkins (Younger Woman)
• 
  Erik Kilpatrick

  Reggie
• 
  Jordan Williams

  Kevin Hopkins (Older Man)
• 
  Gregory Alan Williams

  Charlie (1941)
• 
  Frank Hoyt Taylor

  Mr. Anderson
• 
  Wilbur Fitzgerald

  Public Defender
• 
  Jonathan Parks Jordan

  Gavin Hopkins
• 
  Erika Alexander

  Young Flora
• 
  Jody Thompson

  Another Boy
• 
  Hill Harper

  Don
• 
  David Ramsey

  Booker Palmer (Adult)
• 
  E. Roger Mitchell

  Charlie (1912)
• 
  Tonea Stewart

  Bessie
• 
  Shemar Moore

  Lincoln Fleming
• 
  Shawn Shepard

  Black Soldier
• 
  Angelina Spicer

  Ruthana (Teenager)
• 
  Preston Brant

  Booker Palmer (Young Man)
• 
  Novella Nelson

  Pearl (1955-1970)
• 
  Leland L. Jones

  Deacon Sanford
• 
  Patty Mack

  Pearl (1913-1919)
• 
  Elijah Kelley

  Young Willie