Shelby Coles

Halle Berry

Meade Howell

Eric Thal

Lincoln Odis

Richard Brooks

Hannibal

Gabriel Casseus

Eunice

Ethel Ayler

Emmaline

Margo Moorer

Josephine

Margaret Welsh

Corinne Coles

Lynn Whitfield

Lute McNeil

Carl Lumbly

Ellen Coles

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Liz Odis

Cynda Williams

Isaac Coles

Peter Francis James

Clark Coles

Michael Warren

Gram (Miss Caroline)

Shirley Knight

Dr. Havermeyer

Ronn Carroll

Executive Producer

Oprah Winfrey

Director of Photography

Frederick Elmes

Director

Charles Burnett

Writer

Lisa Jones

Makeup Artist

Mary Burton

Editor

Dorian Harris

Executive Producer

Kate Forte

Key Makeup Artist

Wynona Price

Production Design

Geoffrey S. Grimsman

Costume Design

Eduardo Castro

Original Music Composer

Stephen James Taylor

Producer

Doro Bachrach

Hairstylist

Mona Orr

Set Decoration

James Edward Ferrell Jr.

Associate Producer

Daniel Schneider

Hairstylist

Kenneth Walker

Novel

Dorothy West