
This feature film tells the true story of Charles S. Gilpin; the first black star on Broadway and his leading role in Eugene O'Neill's controversial play, The Emperor Jones.

Shaun Parkes
Charles S. Gilpin

John Hensley
Eugene O'Neill

Nick Moran
Jasper Deeter

Liza Weil
Agnes Boulton

Nija Okoro
Florence Gilpin

Lonnie Farmer
W.E.B. DuBois
Eve Annenberg
Susan Glaspell
Nicholas Dorr
Jig Cook
Heather Egeli
Ida Rauh
Alexandra Foucard
Anita Bush

Sarah MacDonnell
Christine Ell

Daniel Washington
Paul Robeson

Tim Misuradze
James Light
Michael James Dreyer
Witch Doctor
David Bishop
Theatre Patron
John Clayton
Charles Ellis
Anna McEntee
Mary Blair
Adrienne Earle Pender
Lincoln's Maid Susan
Janey David
Lounge Singer
Ian Bowater
George Hunterfield
Arthur Egeli
Ian Bowater
Released