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.
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Louis Gossett Jr. as Mathu
Richard Widmark as Sheriff Mapes
Holly Hunter as Candy Marshall
Will Patton as Lou Dimes
Joe Seneca as Clatoo
Woody Strode as Yank
Tiger Haynes as Booker
Papa John Creach as Jacob
Julius Harris as Coot
Rosanna Carter as Beulah
Walter Breaux as Charlie
Joe 'Flash' Riley as Jameson
Danny Barker as Chimley
Sandman Sims as Uncle Billy
P. Jay Sidney as Gable
Arthur Shilling as Griffin
Lenore Banks as Miss Merle
Al Shannon as Luke Will
Stocker Fontelieu as Fix
Richard Whaley as Beau
Lucille McKay as Bea Marshall
Eliott Keener as Herman
Carol Sutton as Janey
Pat Perkins as Aunt Glo
Jerome Reddick as Snookum
Dave Petitjean as Deputy Russell
Dwayne Jones as Leroy
James Michael Bailey as Alcee
Adam Storke as Gil
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