"A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home."
Oprah Winfrey
as Mattie Michael
Mary Alice
as Fannie Michael
Olivia Cole
as Miss Sophie
Robin Givens
as Kiswana / Melanie Browne
Moses Gunn
as Ben
Paula Kelly
as Theresa
Lonette McKee
as Lorraine
Barbara Montgomery
as Miss Eva Turner
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
as Cora Lee
Leon
as Abshu
Cicely Tyson
as
Lynn Whitfield
as Ciel
Paul Winfield
as Sam Michael
William Allen Young
as Eugene
as Mrs. Browne
Bruce Beatty
as Crony
William Frankfather
as Judge
Clark Johnson
as Butch Fuller
Homeselle Joy
as Betina
Eugene Lee
as Basil
Bebe Drake
as Cleo
Glenn Plummer
as C.C. Baker
Roxanne Reese
as Alfreda
Douglas Turner Ward
as Reverend Woods
Samm-Art Williams
as Cecil Garvin
Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard
as Brucie
Maya Leonard
as Diedre
Phill Lewis
as Bottom
Bee-Be Smith
as Hippolyta
Larenz Tate
as Sammy
Geoffrey Thorne
as Theseus
Barbara Black
Line Producer
Gloria Naylor
Novel
David Shire
Original Music Composer
Alexander Gruszynski
Director of Photography
Donna Deitch
Director
Reuben Cannon
Producer
Carole Isenberg
Executive Producer
Patricia K. Meyer
Karen Hall
Teleplay
