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The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his father at the camp. The trip becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey he stays a little while with a dedicated Black schoolteacher.

Cicely Tyson

Rebecca Morgan

Paul Winfield

Nathan Lee Morgan

Kevin Hooks

David Lee Morgan

Carmen Mathews

Mrs. Boatwright

Taj Mahal

Ike

James Best

Sheriff Charlie Young

Eric Hooks

Earl Morgan

Yvonne Jarrell

Josie Mae Morgan

Sylvia Kuumba Williams

Harriet

Teddy Airhart

Mr. Perkins

Richard Durham

Perkins' Foreman

Wendell Brumfield

Deputy #1

Al Bankston

Deputy #2

Myrl Sharkey

Teacher

Inez Durham

Court Clerk

William T. Bennett

Judge

Thomas N. Phillips

Pastor

Carl Braser

Wagon Driver