Cast

• Kadeem Hardison as Judge
• Wesley Jonathan as Little Bobby Hutton
• Bokeem Woodbine as Tyrone
• Joe Don Baker as Brimmer
• M. Emmet Walsh as Dorsett
• Courtney B. Vance as Bobby Seale
• Tyrin Turner as Cy
• Marcus Chong as Huey P. Newton
• Anthony Griffith as Eldridge Cleaver
• Chris Rock as Yuck Mouth
• Mario Van Peebles as Stokely Carmichael
• Chris Tucker as Bodyguard
• Bobby Brown as Rose
• Angela Bassett as Betty Shabazz
• Jenifer Lewis as Rita
• Anthony Johnson as Sabu
• Dick Gregory as Reverend Slocum
• Kool Moe Dee as Jamaal
• Lahmard Tate as Gene McKinney
• Roger Guenveur Smith as Pruitt
• Richard Dysart as J. Edgar Hoover
• James Russo as Rodgers
• Nefertiti as Alma
• Melvin Van Peebles as Old Jail Bird

Awards

• Locarno International Film Festival - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Silver Leopard