| Cast list | | Halle Berry | as | Janie Starks | | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | as | Joe Starks | | Michael Ealy | as | Tea Cake | | Nicki Micheaux | as | Phoebe Watson | | Lorraine Toussaint | as | Pearl Stone | | Ruby Dee | as | Nanny | | Terrence Howard | as | Amos Hicks (as Terrence Dashon Howard) | | Gabriel Casseus | as | Sam Watson | | Artel Kayàru | as | Motor Boat | | Kevin Daniels | as | Liege Moss | | Henry Brown | as | Walter Stone | | Jensen Atwood | as | Johnny Taylor | | Ariana Auza | as | Seminole Indian | | Aldo Ceceña | as | Seminole Indian Flute Player | | Taji Coleman | as | Daisy Blunt | | Matthew Dickens | as | Principal Dancer | | Wayne Duvall | as | Dr. Gordon | | Ricky Fante | as | Singer | | Charles Hailey | as | Man Passing in car | | Andre James | as | Field Worker | | Veryl Jones | as | Sop De Botton | | Lisa Michelle Lovelace | as | Nunkie (as Lisa Lovelace) | | Sean Nelson | as | Hezekiah | | Steven Sebastian Price | as | Brawny Man / Singer | | Lisa Ruffin | as | Principal Dancer | | Taja V. Simpson | as | Wife of New Family | | J.R. Starr | as | Pastor, Thompson | | Rhonda Stubbins White | as | Annie Tyler | | Mark Anthony Williams | as | Frank Tyler | | Raymond T. Williams | as | Gigolo |
| | Crew list: | | Darnell Martin (Director) | | Zora Neale Hurston (Writer) | | Suzan-Lori Parks (Writer) |
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