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Eve's Bayou (1997)

R ★ 6.4/10 108 min Drama United States English
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Writer: Kasi Lemmons
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The secrets that hold us together can also tear us apart.

Description

Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.

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Top Cast

Jurnee Smollett
Jurnee Smollett Eve Batiste
Meagan Good
Meagan Good Cisely Batiste
Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson Louis Batiste
Lynn Whitfield
Lynn Whitfield Roz Batiste
Debbi Morgan
Debbi Morgan Mozelle Batiste Delacroix
Jake Smollett
Jake Smollett Poe Batiste
Ethel Ayler
Ethel Ayler Gran Mère
Diahann Carroll
Diahann Carroll Elzora

Eve's Bayou Appears on 14 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #1149
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #204
Sight And Sounds 100 Overlooked Films Directed by Women
Sight & Sound #15

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest Films Directed by Women
BBC #68
Entertainment Weekly’s 50 Best Movies You’ve Never Seen (1991-2011)
Entertainment Weekly #16
Indiewire's 100 Best Movies Of The 1990s
IndieWire #71
Popmatters 100 Essential Female Film Performances
PopMatters #09
Slates The New Black Film Canon The 75 Greatest
Slate Magazine #40
Vulture's 101 Best Movie Endings
Vulture #82
Yahoos 100 Modern Classics
Yahoo Movies #42

Identity Theme

100 Best Movies Directed By Women Indiewire
IndieWire #30
115 Films By And About Women Of Color Indiewire
Letterboxd #32
Black Directors The Official Top 100 Narrative
Letterboxd #75

Letterboxd Lists

Showdown Daughters Of The Dust
Letterboxd Showdown #01

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