Overview

Life in a black ghetto isn't easy for 14-year-old Billie Jean Sims, who has a father in jail, a blind grandmother, and a brother with a drug habit. Growing up among drug pushers, prostitutes, and pimps, Billie Jean still has some things going for her: fierce pride, a loyal friend named Fish, and, at last, enough savings to visit her father 1200 miles away in prison.

Genres

Cast

James Broderick

Trick

Laurence Fishburne

Fish

Arthur French

Customer

Moses Gunn

Mr. Miller

Albert Hall

T-Bone Sims

Dots Johnson

Jim

Haywood Nelson

Ronnie