The Herlihys are a working class family from Chicago whose three children take wildly divergent paths: Brian joins the Marines right out of High School and goes to Vietnam, Michael becomes involved in the civil rights movement and after campaigning for Bobby Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy becomes involved in radical politics, and Katie gets pregnant, moves to San Francisco and joins a hippie commune. Meanwhile, the Taylors are an African-American family living in the deep South. When Willie Taylor, a minister and civil rights organizer, is shot to death, his son Emmet moves to the city and eventually joins the Black Panthers, serving as a bodyguard for Fred Hampton.
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Josh Hamilton as Michael Herlihy
Julia Stiles as Katie Herlihy
Jerry O'Connell as Brian Herlihy
Jeremy Sisto as Kenny Klein
Jordana Brewster as Sarah Weinstock
Leonard Roberts as Emmet Taylor
Bill Smitrovich as Bill Herlihy
Annie Corley as Mary Herlihy
Donovan Leitch as Neal Reynolds
David Alan Grier as Fred Hampton
Charles S. Dutton as Reverend Willie Taylor
Cliff Gorman as Father Daniel Berrigan
April Mills as Constance
Marc Blucas as Buddy Wells
Jenna Byrne as Melissa
Carnie Wilson as Mama Earth
John C. Meier as Cop #3
David Denman as SDS Radical
Ronald William Lawrence as Civil Rights Leader #1
Kimberly Scott as Althea Taylor
Monti Sharp as Civil Rights Leader #2
Chonique Sneed as Dancer
Sara Van Horn as Sister Elisabeth
Brian Donovan as Chicago Delegate / Reed Student
Raynor Scheine as Sheriff
Gibbs Tolsdorf as Marine
James Arone as Father Monahan
David Paul Needles as Toby Manders
David Tom as Tommy
Lauren Birkell as Joanie
Grant Gelt as Jimmy Dunbar
Lynn Tufeld as Nurse
Ping Wu as Chinese Waiter
Jeremiah Birkett as Marquette
Nigel Thatch as Corey
Elisabeth Röhm as Amanda Stone
Mushond Lee as Huey Newton
Michael Maize as Leather Hat
Hugh Ross as Owl Man
Miranda Bailey as Digger Girl
Steve Eastin as Big Max
Roger Hampton as Half Sauced Man
Tim Reinhard as John Denny
Michael Harney as Tom Gryzbowski
Sean Hennigan as Sergeant
Brian Klugman as Wahoo
Heath Lourwood as WavyGravy
Grant Mathis as FBI Agent #2
Clay Wilcox as Trippie Hippie
Andrew Woodworth as Red
Lorin McCraley as Hippie Guy
Ryan Cutrona as Chairman of Draft Board
James DeBello as O'Doud
Rosanna Arquette as Hippie Mother (uncredited)
Steven Boe as Doctor (uncredited)
Craig Calman as Haight Ashbury Hippie (uncredited)
Johan-Carl Nowack as Freedom Rider Singer
Charles Wheat as Dancer
Philip Cordaro as Singer / Guitar Player on Bus
Carl E. Nelson as Marine Pal
James E. Treloar as Train Engineer
Stan Garner as Train Conductor
Michael Kaufman as Leonard Tannen
Desiree Paterson as Nun
Jennifer Bauerle as Katie's Friend #2
Oded Gross as Berkeley Delegate
Nicky Merchant as Katie's Friend #1
Jason Nesmith as Singer in Band
Mike Williams as Singer in Band
Ryan Chism as Singer in Band
James Michael Marshall as Doorman
William Barillaro as Bus Driver
Terrance Ellis as 2nd Blackman
John H. Freeland Jr. as Blackman
Barbara Roberts as Marquette's Mother / Woman in Mississippi
Danny Rogers as Cop #1
Si Paciorek as Clinic Doctor
Bix Barnaba as Hippie in Need
Dana Smith as Bobby Seale
Gregory Storm as David Hillard
Mark Leahy as Reporter #1
Bill Willens as Allen Ginsberg
Austin Marriott as Baby Rainbow
Benjamin Marriott as Baby Rainbow
Shane Barach as Vietnam Vet
Mitch Gibney as FBI Agent #1
Wavy Gravy as Trip Captain
Hannah Whelan as Rainbow (Toddler)
Lou Simon as Panther
James Furlong as Hippie (uncredited)
Eli Jones as Cross-dressing Draftee (uncredited)
Anthony Jordan as Frat House Partier / Dancer (uncredited)
Marcus Le Bov as Hate Ashbury - Hippie (uncredited)
Mindy Miller as Diner Waitress (uncredited)
Michael Emanuel as Coach
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