Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Rotten Tomatoes91%
TMDB8/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Bill DukeDirector
- Leslie LeeWriter
- Elizabeth SwadosOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Damien LeakeFrank Custer
- Alfre WoodardMattie
- Dennis FarinaSupervisor
- Ernest RayfordThomas Joshua
- Moses GunnHeavy Williams
- Clarence FelderBremer
- Mary AliceLilah Dean
- Cynthia BakerEmma
- Gerry BeckerMeyer
- Wanda ChristineWoman in Bar
- Nathan DavisJudge Alschuler
- Henryk DerewendaJohn Kikulski