Director
Donna Deitch
DIRECTOR
Writer
Karen Hall
WRITER
Gloria Naylor
Stars (in credits order)
Oprah Winfrey
Mattie Michael
Mary Alice
Fannie Michael
Olivia Cole
Miss Sophie
Robin Givens
Kiswana
Moses Gunn
Ben
Jackée Harry
Etta Mae Johnson
Paula Kelly
Theresa
Leon
Abshu
Lonette McKee
Lorraine
Barbara Montgomery
Miss Eva Turner
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Cora Lee
Lynn Whitfield
Ciel
Paul Winfield
Sam Michael
William Allen Young
Eugene
Cicely Tyson
Mrs. Browne
Bruce Beatty
Crony
Vivian Bonnell
Black Woman
William Frankfather
Judge
Montrose Hagins
Mourner
Jinaki
Tenant #3
Clark Johnson
Butch Fuller
Homeselle Joy
Betina
Eugene Lee
Basil
Bebe Drake
Cleo
Molly McClure
White Woman
Glenn Plummer
C.C. Baker
Veronica Redd
Tenant #2
Roxanne Reese
Alfreda
Adrian Ricard
Tenant #4
Ta-Tanisha
Tenant #1
Douglas Turner Ward
Reverend Woods
Charles Weldon
Tenant #5
Samm-Art Williams
Cecil Garvin
Vanessa Bell Armstrong
Gospel Singer
Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard
Brucie
Maya Leonard
Diedre
Phill Lewis
Bottom
Ray Oliver
Cab Driver
Eddie Palmer
Little Basil (age 5)
Bee-Be Smith
Hippolyta
Ebonie Smith
Little Ciel (age 7)
Sheekeena Smith
Girl on Skates
Larenz Tate
Sammy
Geoffrey Thorne
Theseus
Paul Williams
Teenage Guy
Camille Chambers
Ben's daughter (uncredited)
Shari Belafonte
(uncredited)
James Vallo
Marine (uncredited)
Lourdes Reynolds
Spanish speaking patient (uncredited)
