Narrator (voice)
Lucinda (voice)
Rose (voice)
Thomas (voice)
Naomi (voice)
Uncle Charles (voice)
Mrs. Mullins (voice)
Miss Downes (voice)
Mr. Scott (voice)
Mother (voice)
Preacher (voice)
Child (voice)
Family - Set in Harlem in 1919, two girls - one white, one black - form a lifelong friendship through a chance encounter and the jazztime music of young "Fats" Waller.