Eve's Bayou

No one can say that Eve’s Bayou was a failure when it was released – after all, it was the most successful independent film of 1997 – but as the decades go on it’s only become clearer how astounding writer/director Kasi Lemmons’ debut feature is. Her autobiographically influenced story of hideous family secrets, Hoodoo, and unreliable memories simmers and seethes in the sweltering Louisiana summer, as Eve (voiced by Tamara Tunie) looks back at her 11-year-old self (Jurnee Smollett) and the summer that led to the death of her philandering father, Louis – searingly portrayed in all his swaggering arrogance by Samuel L. Jackson. – Richard Whittaker Read a full review of Eve's Bayou.