14-year-old Jo Ann Foley lives in squalor in a rural Southern community during World War II. Abused by her bootlegging grandfather Hank, Jo Ann has, like her mother Marie, been forced into a life of prostitution. Periodically escaping her miserable existence, Jo Ann finds comfort, security, and genuine love with a poor but proud African American couple: Honey and Too Tall.
Directed by Bruce Pittman
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Cast
Della Reese
Honey
Ossie Davis
Too Tall
Crystal Bernard
Marie Foley
Madeline Zima
Jo Ann Foley (age 14)
Yvonne Zima
Jo Ann (age 7)
Ron White
Hank Foley
Yolanda King
Ms. Evelyn
Brenda Bazinet
Grandma Foley
William Greenblatt
Bobby Foley (child)
Lynda Mason Green
JoAnn age 40
Zachary Bennett
Young Paul
Johnie Chase
Dr. Joe
Crew
Stephen Edwards
Original Music Composer
Robert Greenwald
Executive Producer
Rick Parker
Stunt Coordinator
Popular Reviews
15 reviews
james
7.0★ · 11/29/25
youtube shorts were onto it with this one, i cried, a found family is my weakness
youtube shorts were onto it with this one, i cried, a found family is my weakness
Esperanza
8.0★ · 11/16/25
Es como si chestnut, historias cruzadas y matilda hubieran tenido una hija
Es como si chestnut, historias cruzadas y matilda hubieran tenido una hija
Ceci
6.0★ · 09/11/25
It’s the opposite of a white savior movie and i love that. Wish they showed her coming back and visiting them or coming to take them somewhere nicer after all the dis for her.
It’s the opposite of a white savior movie and i love that. Wish they showed her coming back and visiting them or coming to take them somewhere nicer after all the dis for her.
Johana Castell
7.0★ · 08/09/25
there was a few things that didn’t sit well with me but overall this is very comforting to watch.
there was a few things that didn’t sit well with me but overall this is very comforting to watch.
