Down in the Delta
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.
Release Date
December 25, 1998Runtime
112 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Maya AngelouWritten by
Myron GobleLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$5,672,903Status
ReleasedCast
Alfre Woodard
Loretta SinclairAl Freeman Jr.
Earl SinclairEsther Rolle
Annie SinclairMary Alice
Rosa Lynn SinclairLoretta Devine
ZeniaWesley Snipes
Will SinclairMpho Koaho
ThomasAnne-Marie Johnson
MonicaRichard Yearwood
MarcoSandra Caldwell
VolunteerRichard Blackburn
Tourist ManPhilip Akin
ManagerSandi Ross
PawnbrokerMarium Carvell
Prim SisterKim Roberts
IsabelleJohnie Chase
Grinning ManAndrea Lewis
CassandraNigel Shawn Williams
CarlEugene A. Clark
Citizen #1Yanna McIntosh
Slave WomanKevin Duhaney
JustinJoel Gordon
Jesse 1865 (age 17)Phillip Jarrett
Jesse 1890 (age 42)Images
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