Riven

Don Cheadle

as Narrator (voice)

Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, Jr.

as self - television and radio talk-show host (archival footage)

Robert Hooks

as self - actor and producer

Chuck Brown

as self - musician and former cell mate of Petey Greene

Marion Barry

as self - former mayor of Washington, DC

Howard Stern

as self

Ralph Greene Sr.

as self - Petey Greene's father (archival photo)

Maggie Floyd

as self - Petey Greene's mother (archival footage)

Dewey Hughes

as self - former radio station owner and Petey Greene's manager

Roach Brown

as self - playwright, fellow inmate at Lorton Penitentiary

Frank Smith, Jr.

as self - civil rights activist and politician in Washington, D.C.

Clarence Greene

as self - Petey Greene's brother

Ernie Barnes

as self - Artiste

Virginia Ali

as self - Owner, Ben's Chili Bowl

Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis

as self - President, Southeastern University

Sandra Butler

as self - retired tv executive

Martin Luther King Jr.

as self - archival footage

Sugar Ray Leonard

as self - boxing legend

James Brown

as self - sportscaster

Alfred Liggins, III

as self - CEO, Radio One; Chairman, TV One

Petra Greene

as self - daughter of Petey Greene (archival footage)

Ralph Waldo Greene, III

as self - Petey Greene's son (archive footage)

Sister Claudette Muhammad

as self - Chief of Protocol, Nation of Islam

Madeline Petty

as self - Deputy Director, DC Dept of Housing

Donna Brazile

as self - Mobilization Chairman, March on Washington

Dana Jones

as self - CEO, United Planning Organization

Midge Costanza

as self - Special Assistant to President Carter

Loren Mendell

Writer

Loren Mendell

Director

Bob DeMars

Producer

Terence Greene

Producer

Loren Mendell

Producer