Eve's Bayou (1997)

 

Release date: November 7, 1997

Director: Kasi Lemmons

Writer(s): Kasi Lemmons

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Jurnee Smollett, Debbi Morgan

Estimated Budget: $6 million

U.S. Box office: $14.8 million

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Over the course of a long, hot Louisiana summer, a 10-year-old black girl, Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett), discovers that her family's affluent existence is merely a facade. The philandering of her suave doctor father, Louis (Samuel L. Jackson), creates a rift, throwing Eve's mother, Roz (Lynn Whitfield), and teenage sister, Cisely (Meagan Good), into emotional turmoil. Eve, though, manages to find some solace with her quirky psychic aunt, Mozelle (Debbi Morgan).