The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.

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Main Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Taj Mahal, Janet MacLachlan, Carmen Mathews, James Best, Eric Hooks, Yvonne Jarrell, Sylvia Kuumba Williams

Director: Martin Ritt

Writer: Lonne Elder III

Editor: Sidney Levin

Cinematographer: John A. Alonzo

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