Down in the Delta 25 years old

Sometimes, the last place you expected to be is the one place you've always belonged...

Down in the Delta

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.

Credits

Down in the Delta Cast

Name Character
Alfre Woodard She was 46, now 71 years old as Loretta Sinclair
Wesley Snipes He was 36, now 61 years old as Will Sinclair
Loretta Devine She was 49, now 74 years old as Zenia
Mary Alice She was 57, now 82 years old as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
Esther Rolle She was 78, 78 years old when she died as Annie Sinclair
Al Freeman, Jr. He was 64, 78 years old when he died as Earl Sinclair

Down in the Delta Crew

Name Department
Reuben Cannon as Producer. He was 52 (now 78) years old Production
Nancy Richardson as Editor. She was 48 (now 74) years old Editing
William Wages as Cinematography. Crew
Stanley Clarke as Music. He was 47 (now 72) years old Sound
Maya Angelou as Director. She was 70 (86) years old when She died Directing
Maxyne Baker as Costume Designer. Costume & Make-Up
Myron Goble as Writer. Writing
Down in the Delta poster
Down in the Delta (25 years)

Sometimes, the last place you expected to be is the one place you've always belonged...

  • Release day: Friday, December 25, 1998
  • Runtime: 112 minutes