During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Public Forum Productions, American Playhouse, KERA-TV, PBS
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Top Cast
Damien Leake as Frank Custer
Alfre Woodard as Mattie
Dennis Farina as Supervisor
Ernest Rayford as Thomas Joshua
Moses Gunn as Heavy Williams
Clarence Felder as Bremer
Mary Alice as Lilah Dean
Cynthia Baker as Emma
Top Crew
Bill Duke · Director
Leslie Lee · Writer
Elsa Rassbach · Story
Elizabeth Swados · Composer
William Birch · Cinematographer
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