Presented as part of OUT OF THE ARCHIVE: ENVISIONING BLACKNESS

With special support from the UI English Department

"This poetic and achingly perceptive film deserves a place on any number of year-end 'best' lists."—Eleanor Ringel Cater, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"A wonderfully talented and intelligent film."—Amy Taubin, Village Voice

"A powerful, highly atmospheric drama of family secrets."—Don Anderson, Winnipeg Free Press

Over the course of a long, hot Louisiana summer, a 10-year-old 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).