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.

• Robert Greenwald Productions
• Della Reese
• Ossie Davis
• Crystal Bernard
• Madeline Zima
• Yvonne Zima
• Ron White