Miriam Thompson

Sissy Spacek

Odessa Cotter

Whoopi Goldberg

Norman Thompson

Dwight Schultz

Herbert Cotter

Ving Rhames

Tunker Thompson

Dylan Baker

Selma Cotter

Erika Alexander

Mary Catherine Thompson

Lexi Faith Randall

Mary Catherine

Lexi Randall

Theodore Cotter

Richard Habersham

Franklin Cotter

Jason Weaver

Sara Thompson

Crystal Robbins

Narrator

Mary Steenburgen

Claudia

Cherene Snow

Martin

Chelcie Ross

Charlie

Daniel E. Butler

Winston

Philip Sterling

Policeman at Oak Park

Haynes Brooke

Tall Boy

Stacy Fleming

Judy (Girl at Oak Park)

Schuyler Fisk

Boy

Jeff Taffet

Anne (Girl at Oak Park)

Nancy Moore Atchison

Boy #3

Jay Reed

Roger

Jim Aycock

Taxi Driver

Afemo Omilami

Lucille

Rebecca Wackler

Preacher

Norman Matlock

Mr. Cooper

Charles Hubbard

Mrs. Cooper

Harriet Sumner

Shari Rhodes

Grandma Thompson

Gleaves Azar

Bus Driver

Jim Haffey

Boy #2

Jefferson Taffet

Betsy

Debbie Hackett

Laura Ann

Lynne Pickering

Jeff Sewell

Fairley McDonald

Clyde Sellers

Graham Timbes

Auburn Fan #1

Daniel Jenkins

Woman in Church

Dorrell Dorsey

Clipboard Man

Bobby Howard

Housekeeper

Cynthia B. Williams

Auburn Fan No. 1

Dan Jenkins

Black Maid

Cynthia B. Wilson

Mrs. Midgley

Katherine Conely

George Milo

Sherwood 'Ric' Pearson

Worker No. 1

Kevin Thigpen

Church Speaker

Everett McCorvey

Choir Leader

T. Clifford Bibb

Organist

A. Bernard Sneed

Older Black Man

David E. McCorvey

Newscaster

Carl Stephens

Sammy Chancelor

Perry Carter

Cliff

Henry Marcus Jr.

Party Guest

Tory La Don Pate

Angry Man (Eugene)

Michael Sansom

Party Guest

Troy La Don Pate

Lead Singer at Car Lot

Dorothy Love Coates

Singer #1 at Car Lot

Christine Windham