1 Movie Starring Esther Rolle

Down in the Delta

Down in the Delta

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-12-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1216 Reviews)

Director:

Maya Angelou

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Rosa Lynn sends her druggie daughter Loretta and her children Thomas and Tracy away from the big city to live with their uncle Earl in the ancestral home in rural Mississippi. Earl puts Loretta to work in his restaurant, Just Chicken, while also telling them about the generations of their family, the Sinclairs, dating back to their time in slavery before the the Civil War.

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