Through the employment of magical realist storytelling devices, an African-American actress is shown to be a hyper-competent career woman who denies her roots in traditional African beliefs and spirituality.
Penny Johnson Jerald
Savannah/Whitney
Vivian Beneal
Mama Sey
Jesse D. Goins
Renfrow
Sarina Grant
Sadie
Clyde Jones
Shaw
Kent Ayana
Initiate
Kent King
Nikki Dewitty
9 year-old Savannah
Lemnique Wafer
2 year-old Savannah
Dominique Garrison
Young Mama Sey
Karen Bates
Whitney's Mother
Jeff Seymour
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