Down in the Delta

Down in the Delta
by Maya Angelou

Down in the Delta
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Actor: Al Freeman Jr., Alfre Woodard, Esther Rolle, Loretta Devine, Mary Alice
Director: Maya Angelou
Brand: WOODARD,ALFRE
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-07-20
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Miramax

Movie Reviews of Down in the Delta

Movie Review: Great family movie
Summary: 5 Stars

A realistic portrait of how families can overcome troubles. I loved watching it with my kids. I am a big fan of Ms. Alfre Woodard.

Summary of Down in the Delta

This family drama begins in a gritty Chicago neighborhood with a jobless, hopeless mother (Alfre Woodard) pouring her efforts into the bottle and various drugs rather than her troubled daughter and wise-beyond-his-years son. But the movie soon heads south, as the title suggests, when Mom and kids are sent to live with an uncle for the summer. Their lives change, of course, but that's the only predictable aspect of this 107-minute film. First-time director Maya Angelou brings her poetic sense to Myron Goble's elegant script, and the performances are uniformly excellent, most notably the always superb Woodard, Al Freeman Jr. as her uncle, and Mary Alice as her mother. Wesley Snipes takes a break from his action career to do some acting as Freeman's son, and the late Esther Rolle is haunting in the last portrayal of her career. The film's touch of mystery is provided by one of its most devastating characters, a candelabra called Nathan. Rated PG-13, but suitable for ages 8 and older. --Kimberly Heinrichs
Attempting to change her life, a single mother (Woodard) is sent to spend a summer at her family's ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta.
Genre: Feature Film Urban Drama
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 31-MAY-2005
Media Type: DVD

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