109 minutes
11/7/1997
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.
Jurnee Smollett
as Eve Batiste
Meagan Good
as Cisely Batiste
Samuel L. Jackson
as Louis Batiste
Lynn Whitfield
as Roz Batiste
Debbi Morgan
as Mozelle Batiste Delacroix
Jake Smollett
as Poe Batiste
Ethel Ayler
as Gran Mère
Diahann Carroll
as Elzora
Vondie Curtis-Hall
as Julian Grayraven
Roger Guenveur Smith
as Lenny Mereaux
Lisa Nicole Carson
as Matty Mereaux
Branford Marsalis
as Harry
Afonda Colbert
as Henrietta
Lola Dalferes
as Lynette
Marcus Lyle Brown
as Hosea
Alverta Perkins Dunigan
as Paige
Ron Flagge
as Vendor
Sharon K. London
as Hilary
Carol Sutton
as Madame Renard
Victoria Rowell
as Stevie Hobbs
Oneal A. Isaac
as Bus Driver
Julian Dalcour
as Bartender
Leonard L. Thomas
as Maynard
Allen Toussaint
as Proprietor
Billie Neal
as Ghost of Original Eve
Tamara Tunie
as Narrator (voice)