Down in the Delta (1998)

6.3/10 112 min Drama

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.

Cast

Alfre Woodard

Loretta Sinclair

Al Freeman Jr.

Earl Sinclair

Esther Rolle

Annie Sinclair

Mary Alice

Rosa Lynn Sinclair

Loretta Devine

Zenia

Wesley Snipes

Will Sinclair

Mpho Koaho

Thomas

Anne-Marie Johnson

Monica

Richard Yearwood

Marco

Sandra Caldwell

Volunteer

Richard Blackburn

Tourist Man

Philip Akin

Manager

Sandi Ross

Pawnbroker

Marium Carvell

Prim Sister

Kim Roberts

Isabelle

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