Down in the Delta
Down in the Delta is a 1998 American-Canadian drama film, directed by Maya Angelou and starring Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman, Jr., Esther Rolle (in her final film appearance before her death), Loretta Devine, and Wesley Snipes.
Plot
Rosa Lynn Sinclair, an elderly woman, lives in a Chicago housing project with her daughter Loretta and her two grandchildren, four-year-old Tracy (who is autistic) and thirteen year-old Thomas. Disappointed in Loretta's life choices and afraid of the troubled circumstances surrounding her grandson Thomas, Rosa Lynn decides to send her daughter and grandchildren to visit with her brother-in-law in Mississippi for the summer.
More details
author | Myron Goble |
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contentLocation | Chicago |
director | Maya Angelou |
editor | Nancy Richardson |
genre | drama |
keywords | alzheimer\'s disease autism spectrum autistic chicago housing project civil war drug addict dry dry county end housing project life choice mississippi public housing in the united states teach tick wife and child |
musicBy | Stanley Clarke |
producer | Bob Christiansen Wesley Snipes |
publisher | Miramax Films |
recordedAt | Toronto |
theme | independent |