Director
Peter Werner
DIRECTOR
Stars (in credits order)
Cicely Tyson
Mama Flora
Erika Alexander
Young Flora
Blair Underwood
Willie
Queen Latifah
Diana
Mario Van Peebles
Luke
Hill Harper
Don
Wynton Yates
Don (Teenager)
Sicily Johnson
Diana (Teenager)
Patty Mack
Pearl (1913-1919)
Michelle Benjamin Cooper
Pearl (1932-1942)
Novella Nelson
Pearl (1955-1970)
Wesley Yates
Booker Palmer (Age 8)
Preston Wigasi Brant
Booker Palmer
Lou Myers
Albie
Elijah Kelley
Young Willie
Tommy Hollis
Reverend Jackson
Tanya Wright
Ernestine
Mike Masters
Ben
Angelina Spicer
Ruthana (Teenager)
David Ramsey
Booker Palmer (Adult)
Donna Biscoe
Jessica
Rhoda Griffis
Mrs. Hopkins (Younger Woman)
Edith Ivey
Mrs. Hopkins (Older Woman)
Carol Mitchell-Leon
Flora's Mama
Shashawnee Hall
Ab
Tom Even
Judge Bennett
Tom Turbiville
Officer Kowalski
Patrick Reid Binion
Officer Vizzo
Johnny Cenicola
Sam Phillips (Age 8)
Mitchell Laurance
State's Attorney
Kathryn Firago
Mrs. Phillips
Terrence Howard
Lincoln
Timothy Michaels
Kevin Hopkins (Young Man)
Leland L. Jones
Deacon Sanford
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Flora's Pa
Peter Katona
Sam Phillips (Young Man)
Tonea Stewart
Bessie
Jody Thompson
Another Boy
Benji Wilhoite
White Boy
Ronald McCall
Johnny Metzer
E. Roger Mitchell
Charlie (1912)
Gregory Alan Williams
Charlie (1941)
John Lawhorn
Porter #1
Endia Yates
Ruthana (Age 5)
Cekoya Tolbert
Ruthana (Age 10)
David Kote
Louis
Alex Van
Ralph
Stuart Culpepper
General Whitlow
Jordan Williams
Kevin Hopkins (Older Man)
J. White Burton
Mary Mitchell
Frank Hoyt Taylor
Mr. Anderson
Don Henderson Baker
Clerk (1955)
Stuart Greer
Foreman
Jonathan Parks Jordan
Gavin Hopkins
Angela Thigpen
Victoria
Georgia Allen
Nana Fleming
Shawn Shepard
Black Soldier
Bob King
Farmer (1920)
Kedren Werner
Maertha
Eliott Keener
Medicine Man
Sharon Blackwood
Older Nurse
Gerald Brown
Another Man (1941)
Ron Leggett
Hank
Annie Joe Edwards
Landlady
Tony Vaughn
Man (1941)
Erik Kilpatrick
Reggie
Libby Whittemore
Nurse
Angela Elayne Gibbs
Woman with Baby
Richie Dye
Star Café Manager
Mert Hatfield
Sheriff
Jill Jane Clements
Waitress
Wendy Boatright
Shapely Blonde
Craig Winkleman
Young Man
James Mayberry
Blood Donor #1
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Public Defender
Scott Oliver
Judge Hogan
DJ Qualls
Jason
Shemar Moore
Lincoln Fleming
Crystal Fox
Ruthana
Faye Yvette McQueen
Dancer
Jermaine Jackson
Jevon Dewand
Slave
Carrie Collins
Bar Patron
Earl Maddox
Racist
Tina King
House Maid
Terrance Hill
Extra
Antonne Broussard
Juror
Kevin Kersey
Young Kevin
Dij Sparkx
Biker
Joe Cobb Jr.
Dock Worker #2
Kalaab Morton
Malcolm: Baby
Davontae Jones
Malcolm (Age 4)
Kameron Morton
Javontae Jones
Keylun Johnson
Self
Jada Bird
Bridesmaid
Della Reese
L. Warren Young
Muslim Minister
Emana Rachelle
Josie
David Dino Wells Jr.
Willie's friend
Alyssa Warrick
Brice Kennedy
The Organ Player(uncredited)
Cal Johnson
Policeman(uncredited)
Ryan Swafford
Soldier(uncredited)
Gaylord Parsons
Gambler(uncredited)
Mark Harris
Graduation Major(uncredited)