- Overview
After moving to Chicago from the South just as the civil rights movement takes hold, the members of an African American family led by steely matriarch Weedy Warren have different reactions to the social upheaval surrounding them.
- Release Date
29 May 1974
- DirectingIvan Dixon
- Budget
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