
A group of elderly Black men on a Louisiana plantation gather to claim responsibility for the murder of a violent white farmer to protect the young Black man who actually killed him.

as Mathu

as Sheriff Mapes

as Candy Marshall

as Lou Dimes

as Clatoo

as Yank

as Booker

as Jacob

as Coot

as Beulah

as Charlie

as Jameson

as Chimley

as Uncle Billy

as Gable

as Griffin

as Miss Merle

as Luke Will

as Fix

as Beau

as Bea Marshall

as Herman

as Janey

as Aunt Glo

as Snookum

as Deputy Russell

as Leroy

as Alcee

as Gil