Down in the Delta
Sometimes, the last place you expected to be is the one place you've always belonged...
1998 · 1h 52m · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
Maya Angelou
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.
Director and cast
- Maya Angelou Director
- 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
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