On Promised Land (1994)

Set in the late 1950s, Floyd (Carl Lumbly), Martha Ree (Juanita Jennings), and Jimmy "Jim-Jam" Ween (Norman D. Golden II) live on land that was promised to Floyd's father and then to Floyd for work they had done. The landowners, the Appletree family, used the promise of the land to keep Floyd Ween working for them.Through a series of events involving Jim-Jam, the youn... Read all

Joan Tewkesbury

Director

Joan Plowright(1929-2025)

as Mrs. Appletree

Judith Ivey

as Olivia

Norman D. Golden II

as Jimmy (Jim Jam) Ween

Carl Lumbly

as Floyd Ween

John M. Jackson

as Albert Appletree

Juanita Jennings

as Martha Ree Ween

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