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| DOWN IN THE DELTA (1998) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A city girl gets shipped off to stay with her family in the Mississippi Delta by her mother in order to convalesce her from drug addiction. While there, she works alongside her grandfather at the family restaurant and learns about the trials and adventures of previous generations of her family dating back to their time in slavery before the Civil War. A touching family drama and the directorial debut of poet Angelou. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alfred Woodard (Loretta Sinclair), Al Freeman Jr. (Uncle Earl Sinclair), Esther Rolle (Aunt Annie Sinclair), Mary Alice (Grandma Rosa Lynn Sinclair), Loretta Devine (Zenia), Anne-Marie Johnson (Monica Sinclair), Mpho Koaho (Thomas 'Tommy' Sinclair), Justin Lord (Dr. Rainey), Wesley Snipes (Cousin Will Sinclair), Kulani Hassen (Tracy Sinclair), Richard Yearwood (Marco), Sandra Caldwell (Volunteer), Colleen Williams (Tourist Woman), Richard Blackburn (Tourist Man), Philip Akin (Manager), Mary Fallick (Drug Addict), Sandi Ross (Pawn broker), Barbara Barnes-Hopkins (Prim Woman), Marium Carvell (Prim Sister), Quancetia Hamilton (Gina), Kim Roberts (Isabelle), DeFoy Glenn (Reverend Floyd), Jeff Jones (Man in Congregation), Michelyn Emelle (Dozing Woman), Johnie Chase (Grinning Man), Andrew Lewis (Cassandra), Nigel Shawn Wlliams (Carl). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOMETIMES, THE LAST PLACE YOU EXPECTED TO BE IS THE ONE PLACE YOU'VE ALWAYS BELONGED... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| DIRECTOR: Maya Angelou. WRITER: Myron Goble. PRODUCERS: Reuben Cannon, Robert W. Christiansen, Victor McGauley, Rick Rosenberg and Wesley Snipes. CO-PRODUCERS: Terri Farnsworth, Myron Goble and Alfred Woodard. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Stanley Clarke. DISTRIBUTOR: Miramax Films. |
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| CRITICAL COMMENTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Terribly moving in spite of the hokum." -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "Shows that every family has a potential for resiliency and growth, no matter what the problems." -- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Health | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| RELEASE DATE: December 25th, 1998 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $1.6 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $5.6 million (USA) |
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| "Angelou's pen remains mightier than her camera work." -- Elias Savada, Nitrate Online | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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