Just an Old Sweet Song (1976)
1h 18m
Running Time
September 25, 1976Release Date
Just an Old Sweet Song (1976)
1h 18m
Running Time
September 25, 1976Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Cicely Tyson
Priscilla
Kevin Hooks
Junior
Robert Hooks
Nate
Eric Hooks
Highpockets
Beah Richards
Grandma
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Joe
Robert Ellis Miller
Director
Melvin Van Peebles
Writer
Details.
Wiki.
Just an Old Sweet Song is a 1976 TV film by MTM Enterprises and Company Four, based on the novel of the same name that also came out in the same year. Melvin Van Pebbles, author of the novel, wrote the script and composed the music.