 | Danny Glover als Silas (segment "Long Black Song") |
 | Wesley Snipes als George Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
 | Lorraine Toussaint als Philomena (segment "The Reunion") |
 | Tate Donovan als David (segment "Long Black Song") |
 | Norman D. Golden II als Aaron (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
 | Susanna Thompson als Beth Ann (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
 | Jasmine Guy als Elna Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
 | Tina Lifford als Sarah (segment "Long Black Song") |
 | Carl Lumbly als Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
 | Bennet Guillory als Willie (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
 | Danny Kamin als Mr. Harper (segment "Long Black Song") |
 | Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly als Lara (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
 | Timothy Carhart als Prof. Daniel (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
 | Summer Ross Jefferson als Young Philomena #1 (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
 | Vanessa Bell Calloway als Miss Williams (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
| Winter Elaine Jefferson als Young Philomena #2 (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
| Amanda Addison als Young Beth Ann (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
 | Kevin Jamal Woods als Clyde (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
| Ruth Beckford als Mrs. McClaren (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
 | Yolanda King als Mrs. Crawford (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") |
| Douglas Cunningham als Drummer |
| Paris Barclay | Director |
| Bill Duke | Director |
| Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Director |
| Maya Angelou | Story |
| Ron Stacker Thompson | Writer |
| Ashley Tyler | Writer |
| Richard Wright | Story |
| Danny Glover | Executive Producer |
| David Knoller | Producer |
| C. Cory M. McCrum-Abdo | Associate Producer |
| F.A. Miller | Line Producer |
| Ron Stacker Thompson | Co-Producer |
| Ashley Tyler | Co-Producer |
| Patrice Rushen | Original Music Composer |
| Karl Herrmann | Director of Photography |
| Monty DeGraff | Editor |
| Michael Schultz | Editor |
| Janet Hirshenson | Casting |
| Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Anthony Cowley | Production Design |
| Susan Mina Eschelbach | Set Decoration |
| Winnie D. Brown | Costume Design |
| Abiiba Howell | Makeup Artist |
| Kenneth Walker | Hair Designer |
| F.A. Miller | Unit Production Manager |
| Phil Hardage | Assistant Director |
| Jono Oliver | Assistant Director |
| Hugh Conlon | Construction Coordinator |
| Mace Matiosian | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Jerry Trent | Foley |
| Scarlett McAlister | Stunts |
| Bob Greene | Still Photographer |
| Rick Tiedeman | Steadicam Operator |
| Virginia S. Ellsworth | Music Editor |
| Robin Katz | Music Editor |
| Dan Henley | Picture Car Coordinator |
| Paula Barrett-Barbier | Script Supervisor |
| John Henrik Clarke | Story |
| Leigh Webb | Assistant Director |
| Lance Cheatham | Leadman |
| Dennis Collins | Lead Painter |
| Jim Matheson | Set Dressing Artist |
| Nyla Pickett | Art Department Coordinator |
| Robert L. Thompson | Construction Foreman |
| Veda Campbell | Sound Mixer |
| Jeff Gersh | Sound Editor |
| Ashley Harvey | Sound Editor |
| Auaud Natboo | Cableman |
| Guy Tsujimoto | Sound Editor |
| Thomas Alcala | Camera Operator |
| Cheryl Clarson | Electrician |
| Peter Clarson | Gaffer |
| Phill Fulton | Grip |
| Jason Knee | Grip |
| Joseph C. Ogg Jr. | Best Boy Electric |
| Andy Stefanek | Electrician |
| Carl D. Stitt | Grip |
| Jon Yirak | First Assistant Camera |
| Mike Perkins | Casting |
| Johnny G. Jones | Post Production Assistant |
| Philip Pucci | Assistant Editor |
| Anthony Scott | Assistant Editor |
| Jean Henley | Location Manager |
| Randal Shaun Hueston | Location Manager |
| Shawn Hueston | Location Manager |
| Robert L. Davis | Transportation Captain |
| Ricky Johnson | Transportation Coordinator |
| Melissa Brown | Craft Service |
| Dorothy Sidwell | Production Coordinator |
| Carolyn McDonald | Executive Producer |
| Michael P. Henning | Boom Operator |
| Brian Whitley | First Assistant Director |
