A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white racist, whom one of their members has shot. As the sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands alone in her daring defense of this group of men, provoking racial tension that makes a compelling drama.
Louis Gossett Jr.
Richard Widmark
Holly Hunter
Will Patton
Joe Seneca
Woody Strode
Tiger Haynes
Papa John Creach
Julius Harris
Rosanna Carter
Walter Breaux
Joe 'Flash' Riley
Danny Barker
Sandman Sims
P. Jay Sidney
Arthur Shilling
Lenore Banks
Al Shannon
Stocker Fontelieu
Richard Whaley
Lucille McKay
Eliott Keener
Carol Sutton
Pat Perkins
Jerome Reddick
Dave Petitjean
Dwayne Jones
James Michael Bailey
Adam Storke