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.
Directed by Kasi Lemmons
sibling relationship
parent child relationship
superstition
aunt niece relationship
menstruation
tavern
curse
all black cast
woman director
angry
anxious
vindictive
cautionary
baffled
Rank
#21 in 1997·#1234 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Jurnee Smollett
Eve Batiste
Meagan Good
Cisely Batiste
Samuel L. Jackson
Louis Batiste
Lynn Whitfield
Roz Batiste
Debbi Morgan
Mozelle Batiste Delacroix
Jake Smollett
Poe Batiste
Ethel Ayler
Gran Mère
Diahann Carroll
Elzora
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Julian Grayraven
Roger Guenveur Smith
Lenny Mereaux
Lisa Nicole Carson
Matty Mereaux
Branford Marsalis
Harry
Crew
Kasi Lemmons
Director
Kasi Lemmons
Writer
Terence Blanchard
Original Music Composer
Terilyn A. Shropshire
Editor
Amy Vincent
Director of Photography
Mark Amin
Executive Producer
Nick Wechsler
Executive Producer
Samuel L. Jackson
Producer
Julie Glaze Houlihan
Music Supervisor
Lin Gathright
Makeup Artist
Jaki Brown
Casting
James Alan Hensz
First Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
254 reviews
shaafPRO
9.0★ · 05/19/26
it’s hard to grow up not understanding certain things adults do but also understanding things that adults never do. childhood kinda sucks sometimes
it’s hard to grow up not understanding certain things adults do but also understanding things that adults never do. childhood kinda sucks sometimes
Myles Lane
5.0★ · 05/15/26
this movie has serious subject matter but the tone and acting is of a disney original movie. it legit felt like the parts in holes when they would go back in time. genuinely liquid nyquil.
this movie has serious subject matter but the tone and acting is of a disney original movie. it legit felt like the parts in holes when they would go back in time. genuinely liquid nyquil.
Morgan
9.0★ · 03/31/26
such a beautiful movie
such a beautiful movie
kami
10.0★ · 03/30/26
all these years and i still don't know if he did it or not. and thats on brilliant film making!!
all these years and i still don't know if he did it or not. and thats on brilliant film making!!
