

95 minutes
12/1/2001
A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in.

Angela Bassett
as Ruby Delacroix

Kevin Anderson
as Billy Dupre

Brian Stokes Mitchell
as Earl Delacroix

Jurnee Smollett
as Emerald Delacroix

Glenn Plummer
as Johnny Beaugh

Angelica Page
as Betsy Dupree

Arnold Pinnock
as Silas Bonner
Martin Villafana
as Jack Nagim

Rudy Webb
as Sydney Beaugh
Cabral Richards
as Handsome Man

David Ferry
as Sheriff Robicheaux
Malika Oakley
as Regina

Karen Andrew
as Bootsie

Anna Ferguson
as Miss Lemonn
Shamakah Ali
as Sugar King (as Shumakah Ali)
Ted Yearwood
as Sugar King

Christopher Rouse
as Sugar King

K.C. Collins
as Dugas (as Chris Collins)

Kim Roberts
as Phyllis
Camille Lawrence
as Katie Washington
Delores Etienne
as Mrs. Jumonville (as Dolores Ettienne)

Catherine Fitch
as Miss Daigle
Barry Stillwell
as Barber
Hayden Baptiste
as Driver
Serena Lee
as Pretty Girl
Troy P. Liddell
as Bucket Dancer
Ingrid Abbott
as Bucket Dancer
Eva Beckett
as Bucket Dancer
Barnita Domenico-Runnings
as Bucket Dancer
Kiera Bangster
as Bucket Dancer
Sherisse Springer
as Bucket Dancer
Jerome Bobb
as Bucket Dancer
Uriel Fisher
as Bucket Dancer
Robert France
as Bucket Dancer
Stanley Taylor
as Bucket Dancer
James Washington
as Bucket Dancer