Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984)

Starring:

• Paul Winfield
• James Bond III 
• Olivia Cole 
• Rodrick F. Wimberly 
• Rosalind Cash 
• Giancarlo Esposito 
• Ruby Dee 
• Ving Rhames 
• CCH Pounder 
• Alfre Woodard

Storyline
This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather.