Down in the Delta

The acclaimed directing debut of poet Maya Angelou focuses on Loretta (Alfre Woodard), a drug- and alcohol-addicted Chicago woman sent with her two neglected children by her mother to live with her aunt and uncle on a Mississippi farm. While there, Loretta inherits a family heirloom and begins to straighten out her life. With Mary Alice, Al Freeman, Jr., Esther Rolle, and Wesley Snipes. 112 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH); featurette.