Down in the Delta focuses on a family living in Chicago plagued by turmoil. Loretta Sinclair (Alfre Woodard) struggles to secure a job to take care of her two kids while Loretta's mom, Rosa Sinclair (Mary Alice), is forced to take care of the family. Something's gotta change. Rosa, after talking to some of their relatives on a phone call, comes up with an idea. Perhaps a return to the family's root in Mississippi will turn things in Loretta's life around. Loretta and her two kids aren't exactly enthusiastic about the idea of leaving their familiar surroundings for an extended stay at Uncle Earl's (Al Freeman Jr.) house. But the last thing Loretta's family wanted could end up being just the thing they needed.
