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United States. Canada. Language. English. Box office. $5.6 million [1] Down in the Delta is a 1998 American-Canadian drama film, directed by Maya Angelou (in her only film directing effort) and starring Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman, Jr., Esther Rolle (in her final film appearance before her death), Loretta Devine, and Wesley Snipes.
- Talk to Her (2002) Pedro Almodovar is a master of the melodrama. Through his stories, he has made audiences laugh, worry, and probably cry time after time after time.
- Breaking the Waves (1996) Lars von Trier has gained a reputation as an enfant terrible of arthouse cinema. He rarely refrains from portraying violence, sex, mental illness, and other iffy subject matter, and he does it generously.
- Medea (1969) The classic Greek tragedies are the foundations of melodrama. They literally depended on emotion to tell the story. It is in the way the characters act, in what they say, and in what they do.
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a true master of the melodramatic. He made more than thirty films in his short career, and the only thing that stopped him was his death.
Dec 25, 1998 · December 25, 1998. 4 min read. There is a moment in Maya Angelou’s “Down in the Delta” when a Chicago woman applies for a job in a supermarket and cannot pass a math test. Turned down, she leaves the store and buys a bottle. Her feelings of inadequacy and worthlessness come through so painfully that we understand, with a surge of empathy ...
In a desperate attempt to change her life, Loretta -- a troubled single mother from a tough Chicago neighborhood -- is sent to spend a summer at her family's ancestral home in rural Mississippi. Down in the Delta is a drama, directed by Maya Angelou (in her only film directing effort) and starring Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman, Jr., Esther Rolle ...
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Down in the Delta is anything but a fancy movie, weaving its homespun yarn in a vernacular style that makes up in dramatic warmth what it lacks in technical skill. Full Review | Jan 5, 2023.
Down in the Delta: Directed by Maya Angelou. With Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman Jr., Mary Alice, Esther Rolle. In a desperate attempt to change her life, Loretta -- a troubled single mother from a tough Chicago neighborhood -- is sent to spend a summer at her family's ancestral home in rural Mississippi.
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Rated 3.5/5 Stars • 01/28/23. Cockneys vs Zombies Olympus Has Fallen. Sinclair family matriarch Rosa Lynn (Mary Alice) raises enough money to help her two grandchildren and drug-addicted adult ...
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