Movie: August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

Top 10 Billed Cast

Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle

Self

Regina King
Regina King

Self

Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett

Self

Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Self

Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o

Self

David Oyelowo
David Oyelowo

Michael Ealy
Michael Ealy

André Holland
André Holland

Glynn Turman
Glynn Turman

Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage)

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