Down in the Delta

Down in the Delta

112 mins | Drama | Dec. 25, 1998

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.

Down in the Delta

112 mins | Drama | Dec. 25, 1998

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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Amen Ra Films, Chris/Rose Productions, Showtime Networks
Original title Down in the Delta
Directors Maya Angelou
Writers Myron Goble

Cast

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

Sandra Caldwell

as Volunteer

Colleen Williams

as Tourist Woman

Richard Blackburn

as Tourist Man

Philip Akin

as Manager

Mary Fallick

as Drug Addict

Sandi Ross

as Pawnbroker

Barbara Barnes-Hopkins

as Prim Woman

Marium Carvell

as Prim Sister

Kim Roberts

as Isabelle

Michelyn Emelle

as Dozing Woman

Johnie Chase

as Grinning Man

Andrea Lewis

as Cassandra

Bernard Browne

as Diner #1

Alison Sealy-Smith

as Diner #2

Eugene A. Clark

as Citizen #1

Chris Benson

as Citizen #2

Neville Edwards

as Slave Man

Yanna McIntosh

as Slave Woman

Kevin Duhaney

as Justin

Joel Gordon

as Jesse 1865 (age 17)

Phillip Jarrett

as Jesse 1890 (age 42)

Kulani Hassen

as Tracy

DeFoy Glenn

as Reverend Floyd

Jeff Jones

as Man in Congregation

Carol Anderson

as Jesse's Wife

Clinton Green

as Soloist in Church