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The Delta
Directed by
Ira Sachs
1997
85m
Not Rated
Drama
5.5
63%
37%
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In Memphis, a middle-class white teenager and a black Vietnamese immigrant meet in a gay cruising spot and discover what they don't have in common.
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Cast of The Delta
Shayne Gray
Lincoln Bloom
Thang Chan
Minh Nguyen (John)
Rachel Zan Huss
Monica Rachel
Colonious David
Ricky Little
Charles J. Ingram
Gary Bloom
Leigh Walden
Cece Bloom
Gene Crain
Sam Bloom
Ron Gephart
Ken Bloom
Kim Newman
Denise Bloom
Polly Edelstein
Debbie Bloom
Larry Reynolds
Man in Park
Angelique Owens
Donut Shop Clerk
Vanita Thomas
Bernice
Randall Reinke
Danny
Melissa A. Dunn
Tina Clifton
Erin Grills
Jacquie Clifton
Kate Davis
Gloria Clifton
Mark Hyman
Club Bouncer
Michael Locke
Michael (kid on bike)
Robert Hathaway
2nd kid on bike
Lamar Sorrento
Ted
Richard Daggett
Pick-Up Driver
Anthony Isbell
Jerry (man in hotel)
J.R. Crumpton
Joe
Patricia A. Gill
Joe's Wife
Moses Peace
Policeman
Nhan Van Dang
Minh's Roommate
Bay Thi Ho
Roommate's Mother
Hoang N. Pham
Minh's Friend
Mai Ballard
Pool Hall Owner
The Delta Reviews
Variety
Emanuel Levy
This intimate gay drama, about the complex relationship between a white adolescent and a Vietnamese immigrant, displays a fresh voice but suffers from structural flaws and ultra-modest production values.
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
John Beifuss
The film now seems more infuential and prescient than ever, a signature work that heralded a revived interest in 'Queer' cinema while pointing the way toward an ever more influential documentarian and micro-budgeted American independent film scene.
Out Magazine
Armond White
Against the tide of political correctness, The Delta was first to chart the unsafe streams of gay experience.
Film Journal International
Richard Porton
Although Sachs cannot sustain the cinematic promise of The Delta's early sequences, his moral seriousness and technical finesse merit attention.
The Advocate
Bob Satuloff
Nonprofessionals Gray and Chan are adequate in their roles, and Memphis makes an intriguing location. But with its sparse narrative, humorless style, and deadly pace, The Delta is more excruciating than illuminating.
New Yorker
Richard Brody
Sachs, in his début feature, reveals a startling connection between his aesthetics and his experience: with a chilly drift toward artifice, he uncovers the bitter and infuriating truth of growing up in hiding.
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