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Eve's Bayou

The secrets that hold us together can also tear us apart.

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.

19971h 48mRDrama

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About Eve's Bayou

Directors
Kasi Lemmons
Cast
Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Meagan Good, Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan, Jake Smollett
Genres
Drama
Content rating
R
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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