Down in the Delta (1998)

  • NR
  • 08/05/1998 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 52m

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

Overview

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.

Maya Angelou

Director

Myron Goble

Writer

Cast

Alfre Woodard's headshot

Alfre Woodard

Loretta Sinclair
Al Freeman Jr.'s headshot

Al Freeman Jr.

Earl Sinclair
Esther Rolle's headshot

Esther Rolle

Annie Sinclair
Mary Alice's headshot

Mary Alice

Rosa Lynn Sinclair
Loretta Devine's headshot

Loretta Devine

Zenia
Wesley Snipes's headshot

Wesley Snipes

Will Sinclair
Mpho Koaho's headshot

Mpho Koaho

Thomas
Anne-Marie Johnson's headshot

Anne-Marie Johnson

Monica

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