Rosa Lynn sends her druggie daughter Loretta and her children Thomas and Tracy away from the big city to live with their uncle Earl in the ancestral home in rural Mississippi. Earl puts Loretta to work in his restaurant, Just Chicken, while also telling them about the generations of their family, the Sinclairs, dating back to their time in slavery before the the Civil War.
Release Date: 25 December 1998Runtime: 112 min
Stars:
- Al Freeman Jr.
- Alfre Woodard
- Anne-Marie Johnson
- Colleen Williams
- Esther Rolle
- Justin Lord
- Kulani Hassen
- Loretta Devine
- Mary Alice
- Mpho Koaho
- Philip Akin
- Richard Blackburn
- Richard Yearwood
- Sandra Caldwell
- Wesley Snipes
Director: Maya Angelou
