Alfre Woodard
Loretta Sinclair
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Funny Valentines: Directed by Julie Dash. With Alfre Woodard, Loretta Devine, CCH Pounder, Tom Wright. A woman returns to her home town to sort out her troubled marriage and finds new happiness in the rekindling of a broken friendship with her cousin.
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.
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 .
Alfre Woodard and Loretta Divine are excellent in "Funny Valentines," in which Alfre comes back to her small town home and reconnects with her cousin, with whom she shared her childhood. We see flashbacks of a disturbing trauma that still has present-day consequences.
Cast. Alfre Woodard as Joyce May. Loretta Devine as Dearie B. CCH Pounder as Ethel B. Peter Jay Fernandez as Danny. Megalyn Echikunwoke as Lauren. Kajuana Shuford as Gail. Kiara Tucker as Young Joyce. Saycon Sengbloh as Young Dearie B. Christopher Dunn as Robert Earl. Tom Wright as Dr. Thomas Holder. Von Coulter as Troy Watts. Production.
Reviews. Down in the Delta. Roger Ebert December 25, 1998. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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.
PG-13 Released Dec 25, 1998 1h 51m Drama. Sinclair family matriarch Rosa Lynn (Mary Alice) raises enough money to help her two grandchildren and drug-addicted adult daughter, Loretta (Alfre...
