Down in the Delta (1998)

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.

Director: Maya Angelou

Cast: Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman Jr., Mary Alice, Esther Rolle, Loretta Devine, Wesley Snipes, Mpho Koaho, Kulani Hassen, Anne-Marie Johnson, Justin Lord, Richard Yearwood, Sandra Caldwell, Colleen Williams, Richard Blackburn, Philip Akin, Mary Fallick, Sandi Ross, Barbara Barnes-Hopkins