Just an Old Sweet Song
Original title: Just an Old Sweet Song
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7.0/10
(1)
9/14/1976
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1h 18min

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Drama
TV Movie
Synopsis
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.
Direction: Robert Ellis Miller
Screenwriter: Melvin Van Peebles
Producer: Philip Barry Jr.
Cast

Robert Hooks
Nate Simmons

Cicely Tyson
Priscilla Simmons

Kevin Hooks
Junior

Beah Richards
Grandma

Lincoln Kilpatrick
Joe Mayfield

Mary Alice
Helen Mayfield

Edward Binns
Mr. Claypool

Minnie Gentry
Aunt Velvet