This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather.

Paul Winfield
as Gabriel Grimes

James Bond III
as John

Olivia Cole
as Elizabeth

Rodrick F. Wimberly
as Roy

Rosalind Cash
as Aunt Florence

Rose Weaver
as Mother Washington

Desiree Coleman
as Ella Mae

Giancarlo Esposito
as Elisha

Linda Hopkins
as Sister McCandless

Douglas Turner Ward
as Rev. James