Eve's Bayou
The secrets that hold us together can also tear us apart.
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A sultry, introspective family drama set in 1960s Louisiana that explores how secrets and betrayals fracture intimate bonds across generations.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Jurnee Smollett
Eve Batiste
Meagan Good
Cisely Batiste
Samuel L. Jackson
Louis Batiste
Lynn Whitfield
Roz Batiste
Debbi Morgan
Mozelle Batiste Delacroix
Jake Smollett
Poe Batiste
Ethel Ayler
Gran Mère
Diahann Carroll
Elzora
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Julian Grayraven
Roger Guenveur Smith
Lenny Mereaux
Lisa Nicole Carson
Matty Mereaux
Branford Marsalis
Harry
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