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  • 1998
  • PG-13
  • The Criterion Channel
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 1998
  • PG-13
  • The Criterion Channel
  • 1 h 52 m

Summary 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 ...

Directed By: Maya Angelou

Written By: Myron Goble

  • 1998
  • PG-13
  • The Criterion Channel
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 1998
  • PG-13
  • The Criterion Channel
  • 1 h 52 m

Down in the Delta

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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Summary 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 ...

Directed By: Maya Angelou

Written By: Myron Goble

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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87% Positive
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13% Mixed
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100
The small victories that people win in Down in the Delta are earned, and so is the praise that has greeted Angelou's long-overdue arrival behind the camera. [25 Dec 1998, p.05]
By Desmond Ryan FULL REVIEW
88
Angelou's first-time direction stays out of its own way; she doesn't call attention to herself with unnecessary visual touches, but focuses on the business at hand.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
80
Poet Maya Angelou's debut feature directing effort is a solid and affecting piece of work.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
75
A joyful film -- and hopefully one that will not slip away unnoticed.
By Peter Stack FULL REVIEW
70
The movie, which often threatens to disappear into a tub of soapsuds, is elevated immeasurably by the calm, stately performances of Mary Alice and Mr. Freeman.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
63
This is a movie that makes it exclusively on star power -- when it's making it at all. [22 Dec 1998, p.4D]
By Mike Clark FULL REVIEW
50
Predictable but sometimes moving.
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Production Company Amen Ra Films, Chris/Rose Productions, Showtime Networks
Release Date Dec 25, 1998
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Sometimes, the last place you expected to be is the one place you've always belonged...
Website https://www.miramax.com/movie/down-in-the-delta/
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Awards

Acapulco Black Film Festival
• 4 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 2 Nominations
Prism Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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