Down in the Delta (1998)

Pawning a Family Heirloom

Rosa Lynn (Mary Alice) sells the family heirloom they call “Nathan” so Loretta (Alfre Woodard) and her kids can afford the bus ticket to Uncle Earl’s house in rural Mississippi.

Directed by Maya Angelou.

© Miramax Films 2012

Released in 1998 by Miramax Films.

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  • character-type: Daughter
  • character-type: Mother
  • character-type: Clerk
  • action: Sell
  • primary-genre: Drama
  • primary-genre: Independent
  • secondary-genre: Tearjerkers
  • secondary-genre: Dramas
  • secondary-genre: Independent Movies
  • secondary-genre: Independent Dramas
  • setting: Store
  • setting: Chicago
  • theme: Family
  • actor: Mpho Koaho
  • actor: Mary Alice
  • actor: Kulani Hassen
  • actor: Alfre Woodard
  • director: Maya Angelou
  • producer: Victor McGauley
  • producer: Alfre Woodard
  • producer: Wesley Snipes
  • producer: Myron Goble
  • producer: Terri Farnsworth
  • producer: Robert W. Christiansen
  • producer: Reuben Cannon
  • producer: Rick Rosenberg
  • cinematographer: William Wages
  • composer: Stanley Clarke
  • editor: Nancy Richardson
  • costume-designer: Maxyne Baker
  • production-designer: Lindsey Hermer-Bell
  • role-name: Tracy Sinclair
  • role-name: Rosa Lynn Sinclair
  • role-name: Thomas Sinclair
  • role-name: Loretta Sinclair
  • screenwriter: Myron Goble
  • year: 1998
  • studio: Miramax Films

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