Just an Old Sweet Song

Just an Old Sweet Song

78 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Sept. 25, 1976

Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South. Eventually, the family rediscovers its African-American roots and elects to stay in their new rural surroundings.

Just an Old Sweet Song

78 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Sept. 25, 1976

Just an Old Sweet Song
Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South. Eventually, the family rediscovers its African-American roots and elects to stay in their new rural surroundings.
Producers
Original title Just an Old Sweet Song
Directors Robert Ellis Miller
Writers Melvin Van Peebles

Cast

Robert Hooks

as Nate Simmons

Cicely Tyson

as Priscilla Simmons

Kevin Hooks

as Junior

Eric Hooks

as Highpockets

Beah Richards

as Grandma

Lincoln Kilpatrick

as Joe Mayfield

Mary Alice

as Helen Mayfield

Edward Binns

as Mr. Claypool

Sonny Jim Gaines

as Trunk

Minnie Gentry

as Aunt Velvet

Tia Rance

as Darlene

Philip Wende

as Sheriff

Albert B. Cooper IV

as Stand-in (uncredited)