Down in the Delta

Down in the Delta

1998 · 112 min · EN · 6.4 (22 votes)
Dir. Maya Angelou · Starring Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman Jr., Esther Rolle, Mary Alice, Loretta Devine, Wesley Snipes · Music Stanley Clarke

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

Drama

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.

VIBE

A deeply felt, sun-drenched Southern drama that explores the weight of family history and the quiet strength found in confronting one's past. It feels like a long, humid summer afternoon steeped in memory and the slow unfolding of hard-won peace.

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