Eve's Bayou
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Kasi Lemmons
Alverta Perkins Dunigan
Lola Dalferes
Victoria Rowell
Jurnee Smollett-bell
Leonard Thomas
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Eve is the youngest daughter of one of Louisiana's most sophisticated and prosperous families. Her father Louis, is the town's highly respected doctor, a man known for his ability to "fix" things--everything except his own family problems and philandering lifestlye. Her mother Roz is a stunning southern beauty with an affinity for the traditions of Creole heritage. But Eve is most like her Aunt Mozelle--impulsive, intuitive, a touch supernatural and possessing the need to know the truth about everything. Over one explosive summer, this young girl uncovers some of her family's most frightening hidden truths, and then tries to bind them together against the tide of tragedy that threatens to sweep through every facet of their lives. insight uncovers some frightening truths about her family, and must bring them together to avert tragedy.
Director
Kasi Lemmons
Cast
Alverta Perkins Dunigan
Lola Dalferes
Victoria Rowell
Jurnee Smollett-bell
Leonard Thomas
Lynn Whitfield
Allen Thoussaint
Roger Guenveur Smith
Oneal A Isaac
Vondie Curtis Hall
Ethel Ayler
Billie Neal
Ron Flagge
Afonda Colbert
Branford Marsalis
Jake Smollett
Sharon K London
Meagan Good
Diahann Carroll
Julian Dalcour
Marcus Lyle Brown
Debbi Morgan
Samuel L. Jackson
Edward Simon
Lisa Nicole Carson
Carol Sutton
Tamara Tunie
Crew
Johnny Ace
Randy Algoe
Mark Amin
Louis Armstrong
Erykah Badu
Valerie Basnight
Barbara Belle
Michael Bennett
Brian T Best
Beau Biggart
Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
Bobby Bland
Paul Boyington
Christopher R Brady
Jaki Brown-karman
Dan Carlisle
Edward C Carr
Matt Carrol
Marietta Carter-narcisse
Cevin Cathell
Ray Charles
Cotty Chubb
Henry Cline
Candace Cole
Sugar Boy Crawford
Sugar Boy Crawford
Patrick Cyccone Jr.
Troy Davis
Victor Davis
Noel Dawkins
Gena Delafose
Gena Delafose
Tony Dimito
Bill Dotson
Caroline Ducrocq
Stuart Emanuel
Gary English
Robert B Fisher
Frank Fleming
Susan D Fowler
Alberto Garcia
Lin Gathright
Julie Glaze
Allison Gordin
Cherie Graham
Joe Greene
Rebecca Hammett
Dana Hanby
Robert L Harman
Barbara Harris
Ronald R Harris
Deborah Ann Henderson
Jim Hensz
Joel C. High
Lawrence Hill
Andrea Horta
Jeffrey Howard
Samuel L. Jackson
Etta James
Richard M Jones
Tracy Keller
Stacy Kelly
Lisa Lambert
Rudy J Lara
Edith Leblanc
Edith Leblanc
Kasi Lemmons
Anita Leonard
Albert Edmund Lord
Anthony Mabin
Deadric Malone
Bruce Manning
Casi Mari
Margaret Matheson
Curtis Mayfield
Velma Middleton
Andrew Midgley
Dean Minnerly
Robert Muchnicki
Donald W Murphy
Don Murray
Tim Myers
Howard Neiman
Steven Nelson
Jay Nierenberg
Benjamin Patrick
Dennis Patterson
Philip C Pfeiffer
Philip C Pfeiffer
Adele Plauche
Jay Polstein
Louis Prima
Jojo Proud
Jimmy Radcliffe
Jimmy Radcliffe
Vic Radulich
Stan Rhodes
Don Robey
Don Robey
Elena Robinson
Bobby Rock
James Roque Jr.
Pamela Roth
Joanne Schmidt
Buddy Scott
Joseph Scott
Eli Selden
Terilyn A. Shropshire
Lori Slomka
Catherine M Speakman
Robert L Stevenson
Roland N Thai
Don Vappie
Victoria Vaus
Reginald Veal
Joe Veasey
Amy Vincent
Amy Vincent
Meltem Dremirer Vogler
Karyn Wagner
Marvin Walters
Nick Wechsler
Clara Williams
Malika Williams
Steven D Williams
Steven D Williams
Nelson Willis
Cami Winikoff
Marshall Winn
Julie Yorn
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of three Black Film Awards, including best picture (tied with 'Soul Food'), best director (Kasi Lemmons) and best actor (Samuel L Jackson) at 1998 Acapulco Black Film Festival.
Nominated for three 1997 NAACP Image Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Samuel L Jackson), and Best Actress (Lynn Whitfield).
Winner of the 1997 award for Best Directorial Debut from the National Board of Review.
Winner of the 1997 award for Best Supporting Actress (Debbi Morgan) from the Chicago Film Critics Association.
Released in United States Fall November 7, 1997
Released in United States on Video March 24, 1998
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States July 1998
Released in United States September 1998
Shown at Acapulco Black Film Festival July, 1998.
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film (Panorama) September 4-13, 1998.
Completed shooting fall 1996.
Released in United States Fall November 7, 1997
Released in United States on Video March 24, 1998
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 29 - September 1, 1997.)
Released in United States July 1998 (Shown at Acapulco Black Film Festival July, 1998.)
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film (Panorama) September 4-13, 1998.)
