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.
Damien LeakeFrank Custer
Alfre WoodardMattie
Dennis FarinaSupervisorErnest RayfordThomas Joshua
Moses GunnHeavy WilliamsClarence FelderBremer
Mary AliceLilah DeanCynthia BakerEmma
Gerry BeckerMeyerWanda ChristineWoman in BarNathan DavisJudge AlschulerHenryk DerewendaJohn KikulskiPhillip EastJoe HodgesPaul EatonJohn SpriggsJason GreenFrank Custer Jr.
