Down in the Delta

Down in the Delta (1998)

Sometimes, the last place you expected to be is the one place you've always belonged...

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1998-12-25
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 23 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 52min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Amen Ra Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Maya Angelou
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From 23 Ratings

Summary

A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta, to live with her uncle and aunt for the summer.

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  • Alfre Woodard

    as Loretta Sinclair

  • Al Freeman Jr.

    as Earl Sinclair

  • Esther Rolle

    as Annie Sinclair

  • Mary Alice

    as Rosa Lynn Sinclair

  • Loretta Devine

    as Zenia

  • Wesley Snipes

    as Will Sinclair

  • Mpho Koaho

    as Thomas

  • Anne-Marie Johnson

    as Monica

  • Justin Lord

    as Dr. Rainey

  • Richard Yearwood

    as Marco

  • Sandra Caldwell

    as Volunteer

  • Colleen Williams

    as Tourist Woman

  • Richard Blackburn

    as Tourist Man

  • Philip Akin

    as Manager

  • Mary Fallick

    as Drug Addict

  • Sandi Ross

    as Pawnbroker

  • Barbara Barnes-Hopkins

    as Prim Woman

  • Marium Carvell

    as Prim Sister

  • Quancetia Hamilton

    as Gina

  • Kim Roberts

    as Isabelle

  • Michelyn Emelle

    as Dozing Woman

  • Johnie Chase

    as Grinning Man

  • Andrea Lewis

    as Cassandra

  • Nigel Shawn Williams

    as Carl

  • Bernard Browne

    as Diner #1

  • Alison Sealy-Smith

    as Diner #2

  • Eugene Clark

    as Citizen #1

  • Chris Benson

    as Citizen #2

  • Neville Edwards

    as Slave Man

  • Yanna McIntosh

    as Slave Woman

  • Troy Seivwright-Adams

    as Collin

  • Kevin Duhaney

    as Justin

  • Joel Gordon

    as Jesse 1865 (age 17)

  • Phillip Jarrett

    as Jesse 1890 (age 42)

  • Kulani Hassen

    as Tracy

  • DeFoy Glenn

    as Reverend Floyd

  • Jeff Jones

    as Man in Congregation

  • Carol Anderson

    as Jesse's Wife

  • Clinton Green

    as Soloist in Church
Directing Maya Angelou Director
Writing Myron Goble Writer
Camera William Wages Director of Photography
Sound Stanley Clarke Original Music Composer
Production Reuben Cannon Producer
Costume & Make-Up Maxyne Baker Costume Designer
Editing Nancy Richardson Editor
Production Wesley Snipes Producer
Production Victor McGauley Producer
Production Robert W. Christiansen Producer
Production Rick Rosenberg Producer

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