Filmmakers
Above the lineRP
Director
Richard Pearce
JC
Screenplay
John Cork
Writer
RD
Cinematography
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
BY
Editing
Bill Yahraus
Editor
GF
Music
George Fenton
Original Music Composer
BR
Production Design
Blake Russell
SC
Costume Design
Shay Cunliffe
Cast
58SS
Sissy Spacek
Miriam Thompson
WG
Whoopi Goldberg
Odessa Cotter
DS
Dwight Schultz
Norman Thompson
VR
Ving Rhames
Herbert Cotter
DB
Dylan Baker
Tunker Thompson
EA
Erika Alexander
Selma Cotter
LR
Lexi Randall
Mary Catherine
RH
Richard Habersham
Theodore Cotter
JW
Jason Weaver
Franklin Cotter
CR
Crystal Robbins
Sara Thompson
CS
Cherene Snow
Claudia
CR
Chelcie Ross
Martin
DB
Dan Butler
Charlie
PS
Philip Sterling
Winston
SF
Schuyler Fisk
Judy (Girl at Oak Park)
NA
Nancy Moore Atchison
Anne (Girl at Oak Park)
HB
Haynes Brooke
Policeman at Oak Park
JA
Jim Aycock
Roger
RW
Rebecca Wackler
Lucille
CH
Charles Hubbard
Mr. Cooper
HS
Harriet Sumner
Mrs. Cooper
GA
Gleaves Azar
Grandma Thompson
JH
Jim Haffey
Bus Driver
SF
Stacy Fleming
Tall Boy
JT
Jefferson Taffet
Boy #2
JR
Jay Reed
Boy #3
AO
Afemo Omilami
Taxi Driver
DH
Debbie Hackett
Betsy
LP
Lynne Pickering
Laura Ann
FM
Fairley McDonald
Jeff Sewell
GT
Graham Timbes
Clyde Sellers
NM
Norman Matlock
Preacher
DD
Dorrell Dorsey
Woman in Church
BH
Bobby Howard
Clipboard Man
CW
Cynthia B. Wilson
Black Maid
DJ
Dan Jenkins
Auburn Fan #1
KC
Katherine Conely
Mrs. Midgley
SP
Sherwood 'Ric' Pearson
George Millo
KT
Kevin Thigpen
Worker #1
EM
Everett McCorvey
Church Speaker
TB
T. Clifford Bibb
Choir Leader
AS
A. Bernard Sneed
Organist
DM
David E. McCorvey
Older Black Man
CS
Carl Stephens
Newscaster
PC
Perry Carter
Sammy Chancelor
HJ
Henry Marcus Jr.
Cliff
TP
Troy La Don Pate
Party Guest
MS
Michael Sansom
Angry Man (Eugene)
DC
Dorothy Love Coates
Lead Singer at Car Lot
CW
Christine Windham
Singer #1 at Car Lot
GB
Gladys Bozwell
Singer at Car Lot
BW
Betty Jean Washington
Singer at Car Lot
MS
Minnie Stringer
Singer at Car Lot
CG
Callie Graham
Singer at Car Lot
LL
Lillian Luddington
Singer at Car Lot
FE
Fidella Earls
Singer at Car Lot
CK
Cynthia King
Singer at Car Lot
MS
Mary Steenburgen
Narrator (voice)
Departments
16Production
- Edwin 'Itsi' AtkinsAssociate Producer
- Jo DosterCasting
- Shari RhodesCasting
- Stuart BenjaminExecutive Producer
- Taylor HackfordExecutive Producer
- Dave BellProducer
- Hawk KochProducer
Camera
Sound
- Hamilton SterlingSound Effects Editor
Art
- Margery Z. GabrielsonArt Direction
- Gretchen RauSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Susan 'Star' OrrHairstylist
- Julia L. WalkerKey Hair Stylist
- Marietta Carter-NarcisseMakeup Artist
- Coree LearMakeup Artist
Crew
- Al Wyatt Jr.Stunt Coordinator