Eve's Bayou
Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett), a 10-year-old girl, lives in a prosperous Creole-American community in Louisiana with her younger brother Poe (Jake Smollett) and her older sister Cisely (Meagan Good) in the 1960s. Their parents are Roz (Lynn Whitfield) and Louis (Samuel L. Jackson), a well-respected doctor in Louisiana's "colored" community who claims descent from the French aristocrat who founded the town of Eve's Bayou. One night after a raucous party, Eve accidentally witnesses her father having sex with Matty Mereaux (Lisa Nicole Carson), a family friend. However, Cisely, who has a very affectionate relationship with her father, convinces Eve that she misinterpreted an innocent moment. The unreliability of memory and observation remain important themes throughout the film.
| MPAA Rating: | R |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Country: | United States |
| Produced By: | Nick Wechsler, Mark Amin, Margaret Matheson, Jay Polstein, Cami Winikoff, Samuel L. Jackson, Julie Yorn, Bobby Rock, M. Cevin Cathell, Michael Bennett, Eli Selden, Caldecot Chubb |
| Directed By: | Kasi Lemmons |
| Written By: | Kasi Lemmons |
| Cast: | Roger Guenveur Smith, Lola Dalferes, Tamara Tunie, Leonard L. Thomas, Marcus Lyle Brown, Diahann Carroll, Ron Flagge, Debbi Morgan, Samuel L. Jackson, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Lisa Nicole Carson, Sharon K. London, Beaux Sedwick, Victoria Rowell, Lynn Whitfield, Ethel Ayler, Greta Valenti, Billie Neal, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Allen Toussaint, Meagan Good, Oneal A. Isaac, Jake Smollett, Alverta Perkins Dunigan, Afonda Colbert, Branford Marsalis, Carol Sutton |
| In Theaters: | Nov 07, 1997 |
| Runtime: | 1 hour 49 minutes |
| Production: | Trimark Pictures, ChubbCo Film, Addis Wechsler Pictures |
| Budget: | $6,000,000 |
| Box Office: | $14,842,388 |
| Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |
