Eve’s Bayou
109 minutes, 1997
(Feature)
Written and Directed by Kasi Lemmons
’78
Screening: Sunday, 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
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. Louis Batiste (Samuel L. Jackson), the local town
doctor with a special bedside manner, is a loving father and philandering
husband. His wife Roz (Lynn Whitfield) is forced to admit her family is falling
apart when 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, who dismisses her in fear of the truth, and then to
her Aunt Mozelle (Debbi Morgan), a known psychic and rumored black widow.
Unable to find the understanding she is looking for, Eve decides to take
matters into her own hands. As the heat rises so does the tension. For the
Batiste family, the ties that bind may not be strong enough to keep them
together, and what they learn will change their lives forever. (Source:
imdb.com)
Kasi Lemmons '77 (Eve's Bayou) is a director, writer, and actress. Her most recent film, Talk to Me
starring Don Cheadle, chronicled the story of Washington D.C. radio
personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con-turned-radio personality
and 1960's community activist. Lemmons' first feature, Eve's Bayou won numerous awards including the 1998 Independent Spirit Awards' "Best First Feature."
