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February 24-26, 2002
1pm and 6pm
Women's Center (RAC226)
Both emotional and
riveting, Down In The Delta is a story where big city meets small
town, young meet old, parents reconnect with children, and life
for everyone becomes something they never expected. The
directorial debut of one of the world's greatest storytellers,
award-winning author/poet Maya Angelou, Down In The Delta begins
in Chicago, where Loretta (Alfrie Woodard) lives with her mother
and two children. Loretta is headed down a destructive path as she
succumbs to the drug and alcohol-ridden streets of her
neighborhood. In efforts to pull her daughter and out of harm's
way, Loretta's mother Rosa Lynn (Mary Alice) pawns her most
valuable and prized family heirloom and moves the family back to
their ancestral home down in the Mississippi delta. From there,
Down In The Delta unfolds as a lyrical ode to the notions of
family, responsibility and pride in one's ancestry.
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