In the songs of life, every note matters.
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
S. Epatha Merkerson
Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby
Marcus Carl Franklin
Ruben Santiago Jr.
Yasiin Bey
The Bandleader
Carmen Ejogo
Alean
Louis Gossett Jr.
Ol'lem Taylor
Eternity
Heart of Champions
Macy Gray
Pauline
Terrence Howard
Bill Crosby
Ernie Hudson
Dick Barrymore
Rosie Perez
Bertha
Liev Schreiber
Ulysses Ford
Jimmy Smits
Ruben Santiago Sr.
Patricia Wettig
Laura's Mother
Mr. Church
Claudine
Eleanor the Great
Mo' Better Blues
Winter Spring Summer or Fall
Goodbye June
Not Without Hope
All of You
Raymond & Ray
Shut In
Blindspotting
People We Meet on Vacation
Rogue Agent
Great Expectations
O.G.
Aftermath
Brian Banks
Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland