The Very Black Show

Thomas Jefferson Byrd as Honeycutt Questlove as Alabama Porch Monkeys: Levi - Musical Director Kiki Haynes as Da Bomb Girl Christopher Wynkoop as Massa Charlie Coati Mundi as Papo Stephen Kunken as David Ed Onipede Blunt as CNS Security Guard Tariq Trotter as Alabama Porch Monkey Rayietta Hill as Hottie David Wain as Bunning Ron Lawrence as Mau Mau's Engineer Michael Rapaport as Thomas Dunwitty Rodney "Bear" Jackson as Stage Security Guard Cheryl Lynn Bowers as Mona Gillian White as Verna Charli Baltimore as Mau Mau: Smooth Blak Al Sharpton as Himself Katie MacNichol as Anna Susan Batson as Orchid Dothan Julie Dretzin as Beth O. J. Simpson as Self (archive footage)(uncredited) Tommy Davidson as Womack / Sleep'n Eat Matthew Modine as Himself Ephraim Benton as Tre Shannon Walker Williams as Young Black Woman Craig muMs Grant as Mau Mau: Hard Blak A.D. Miles as Aaron Jada Pinkett Smith as Sloan Hopkins Paul Mooney as Junebug Yasiin Bey as Mau Mau: Big Blak Afrika Mira Sorvino as Herself Al Palagonia as Bobby Sarah Jones as Dot Bert Williams as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Arthur J. Nascarella as Police Chief Tuffy Questell as Auditioning Singer Danny Hoch as Timmi Hillnigger Caridad 'La Bruja' De La Luz as Cuca Kris Park as Fish Kim Director as Starlet Gano Grills as Mau Mau: Double Blak Jani Blom as Jukka Laks Dina Pearlman as Myrna Goldfarb Damon Wayans as Pierre Delacroix Rafael Osorio as Stage Security Guard

Ruth E. Carter Costume Design Sam Pollard Editor Randall Balsmeyer Title Designer Brice Winston Musician Ellen Kuras Director of Photography Jon Kilik Producer Manny Siverio Stunt Coordinator Spike Lee Director, Screenplay, Producer Geeta Gandbhir First Assistant Editor Terence Blanchard Original Music Composer Roy Farfel Stunts