Eve's Bayou
(1997)

Director: Kasi Lemmons

Key Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Jurnee Smollett, Debbie Morgan, Vondie Curtis Hall, Branford Marsalis, Lisa Nicole Carson, Roger Guenveur Smith, Ethel Ayler, Meagan Good, Diahann Carroll

Rating: R

Genre(s): Drama

Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured. 

Roz Batiste (Lynn Whitfield) is a beautiful and dedicated mother of three, who is forced to admit that her family is falling apart due to her philandering husband Louis (Samuel L. Jackson).  Her younger daughter, Eve (Jurnee Smollett), witnesses one of her father’s infidelities. 

Struggling to make sense of what she has seen, Eve turns to her older sister Cisely (Meagan Good), who dismisses her in fear of the truth and then to her Aunt Mozell (Debbi Morgan), a know psychic and rumored black widow. 

Unable to find the understanding she is looking for, Eve decides to take matters into her own hands.

∙  This was the first film that African-American female director and actress, Kasi Lemmons, directed.

∙  Nominated for seven 1998 NAACP Image Awards: Outstanding Motion Picture, Outstanding Lead Actor (Samuel L. Jackson), Outstanding Lead Actress (Lynn Whitfield), Outstanding Supporting Actor (Vondie Curtis Hall), Outstanding Supporting Actress (Debbie Morgan), Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress (Meagan Good), Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress (Jurnee Smollett).

∙  Won three 1998 Acapulco Black Film Festival Awards:  Best Film, Best Actor (Samuel L. Jackson), Best Director (Kasi Lemmons).

∙  Nominated for 1998 Acapulco Black Film Festival Award: Best Soundtrack.

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