EVE’S BAYOU, Sealed DVD, 1997

Vintage Drama: EVE’S BAYOU, Sealed DVD, 1997 (Hailed by film critic Roger Ebert) Widescreen 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). Restricted. 108 Minutes