"A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-era South, out of the hands of gangsters who want to take it over."
André 3000
as Percival
Big Boi
as Rooster
Paula Patton
as Angel
Terrence Howard
as Trumpy
Faizon Love
as Ace
Malinda Williams
as Zora
Cicely Tyson
as Mother Hopkins
Macy Gray
as Taffy
Ben Vereen
as Percy Senior
Bruce Bruce
as Nathan
Paula Jai Parker
as Rose
Bobb'e J. Thompson
as Young Rooster
Patti LaBelle
as The Real Angel Davenport
Ving Rhames
as Spats
Jackie Long
as Monk
Oscar Dillon
as Bobo
Jalil Jay Lynch
as Cliff
Esau McGraw
as Sonny
Bre'Wan Waddell
as Young Percival
Carol Mitchell-Leon
as Auntie Belle
China Anderson
as Rooster's Daughter
Isis Faust
Kyra Freeman
Kabrina Truesdale
Rodney Johnson
as Fatts
Bill Nunn
as GW
Nadine Ellis
as Church Dancer
Afemo Omilami
as Walter
Dabier
as Voice-Over (uncredited)
William Green
Executive Producer
Pascal Rabaud
Director of Photography
Blue Williams
Producer
Suzanne Smith Crowley
Casting
Gary Diamond
Art Direction
Erika Conner
Charles William Breen
Production Design
Billy Hopkins
Bryan Barber
Director
Anne Goursaud
Editor
Scott Macaulay
Marthe Pineau
Set Decoration
Kimberly Rach
Line Producer
Kerry Barden
Robin O'Hara
Charles Roven
Shawn Barton
Costume Design
Robert Guralnick
Anthony Franco
Assistant Costume Designer
Wynona Price
Makeup Artist
Rebecca Schwedner
Derrick Rutledge
Yvonne Battistelli
Set Costumer
Charles Gregory Ross
Hair Department Head
Jennifer Opresnick
Script Supervisor
Karen Keyes
Veronica Lorenz
George Robert Fuller
Hairstylist
Shutchai Tym Buacharern
Yvette Shelton
B.J. Rogers
Costume Supervisor
Rea Ann Silva
Henry Kingi Jr.
Stunt Double
Kevin Kaska
Orchestrator
Screenplay
Chuck Picerni Jr.
Stunt Coordinator
Original Music Composer
John Debney
Second Unit Director
Timothy Feimster
Second Assistant Director
Chad Wiebe
Visual Effects