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
A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
