In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of their pickup truck and dragged him to his death. This film relates that story and how it affected all of the residents of the town, both black and white.
as James Byrd, Jr.
as Billy Rowles
as R.C. Horn
as Walter Diggles
as Ricky Horn
as Khalid X
as Beating Cop
as Norva
as City Manager
as Old Sour Man (as Jim Bearden)
as Kathy
as Judge
as Moe Johnson
as Reverend
as Gloria Mays
as Don Clark
as Council Member #2
as Principal
as Black Young Man
as Claire Byrd
as Lieutenant
as James Byrd Sr.
as Mamie Horn
as Thurman Byrd
as Mary Horn