
93 minutes
2/1/2001
The close friendship of two young women, each of a different race, and their struggle to find purpose in their lives during this time of social injustice and world war.

Laurel Holloman
as Emily Hodge

Elise Neal
as Wilma Watson

Mark Webber
as Will Bacon

Frances Fisher
as Virginia Wilder

Billy Campbell
as Streete Wilder

Tess Harper
as Rebecca Hodge

Jennifer Holliday
as Sadie

S. Epatha Merkerson
as Lessie Watson

Liam Aiken
as Emmett Wilder

Alice Drummond
as Aunt Millie

Gary Cole
as Avery Hodge

Jackson Walker
as Harry C. Devening

Mason Gamble
as Franklin Pou - age 12

Nate Bynum
as Brother Isaac
Jackie Bateman
as Emily Hodge - age 10
Courtney Campbell
as Wilma Watson - age 10
Janie Story
as Young Ruth - age 8
Paul Davis
as Franklin Pou - age 8

Beth Grant
as Melvina Pou