In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
S. Epatha Merkerson | Rachel "Nanny" Crosby |
Marcus Carl Franklin | Ruben Santiago Jr. |
Yasiin Bey | The Bandleader |
Louis Gossett Jr. | Ol'lem Taylor |
Macy Gray | Pauline |
Terrence Howard | Bill Crosby |
Ernie Hudson | Dick Barrymore |
Rosie Perez | Bertha |
Liev Schreiber | Ulysses Ford |
Jimmy Smits | Ruben Santiago Sr. |
Patricia Wettig | Laura's Mother |
Jeffrey Wright | Mr. Paul |