Meanwhile, Hap and Florence Jackson (Rob Morgan, Mary J. Blige)--
fellow sharecroppers who have worked the land for generations — work to build a small dream of their own despite the rigidly enforced social barriers they face.
The sweeping canvas collects an array of excellent performances, with special praise already heaped upon Mary J. Blige as a long - suffering
sharecropper and Garett Hedlund as a shell - shocked veteran finding some common ground with a black
fellow soldier (Jason Mitchell).