Down in the Delta
Down in the Delta is a 1998 American drama film, directed by Maya Angelou.
The film stars Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman, Jr., Esther Rolle( in her final film appearance before her death), Loretta Devine, and Wesley Snipes.
Mr. Right (2009 film)
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.
Born in East L.A. (film)
Born in East L.A. is a 1987 American comedy film written and directed by Cheech Marin, based on his song of the same name, released as a 1984 single by Cheech& Chong.
The film focuses on Rudy Robles, a Mexican American from East Los Angeles who is mistaken for an illegal alien and deported.
" Born in East L.A." marked Marin's first solo film, without the involvement of his comedy partner, Tommy Chong, at the insistence of executive Frank Price, who was fired between greenlighting and production due to the failure of" Howard the DuckBorn in East L.A." was ultimately a financial success, and bolstered Marin's reputation in the Latino community, winning several awards at the Havana Film Festival.
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou( born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years.
She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.
Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences.
The first," I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"( 1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim.
She became a poet and writer after a series of occupations as a young adult, including fry cook, sex worker, nightclub dancer and performer, cast member of the opera" Porgy and Bess", coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and journalist in Egypt and Ghana during the decolonization of Africa.
She was an actress, writer, director, and producer of plays, movies, and public television programs.
In 1982, she was named the first Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in Winston- Salem, North Carolina.
She was active in the Civil Rights Movement and worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
Beginning in the 1990s, she made around 80 appearances a year on the lecture circuit, something she continued into her eighties.
In 1993, Angelou recited her poem" On the Pulse of Morning"( 1993) at the first inauguration of Bill Clinton, making her the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961.
With the publication of" I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", Angelou publicly discussed aspects of her personal life.
She was respected as a spokesperson for black people and women, and her works have been considered a defense of black culture.
Her works are widely used in schools and universities worldwide, although attempts have been made to ban her books from some U.S. libraries.
Angelou's most celebrated works have been labeled as autobiographical fiction, but many critics consider them to be autobiographies.
She made a deliberate attempt to challenge the common structure of the autobiography by critiquing, changing and expanding the genre.
Her books center on themes such as racism, identity, family and travel.
Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
The Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta, or California Delta, is an expansive inland river delta and estuary in Northern California.
The Delta is formed at the western edge of the Central Valley by the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and lies just east of where the rivers enter Suisun Bay.
The Delta is recognized for protection by the California Bays and Estuaries Policy.
Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta was designated a National Heritage Area on March 12, 2019.
The city of Stockton is located on the San Joaquin River on the eastern edge of the delta.
The total area of the Delta, including both land and water, is about.
Its population is around 500,000 residents.
The Delta was formed by the raising of sea level following glaciation, leading to the accumulation of Sacramento and San Joaquin River sediments behind the Carquinez Strait, the sole outlet from the Central Valley to the San Pablo and San Francisco Bays and the Pacific Ocean.
The narrowness of the Carquinez Strait coupled with tidal action has caused the sediment to pile up, forming expansive islands.
Geologically, the Delta has existed for about 10,000 years, since the end of the Last Glacial Period.
In its natural state, the Delta was a large freshwater marsh, consisting of many shallow channels and sloughs surrounding low islands of peat and tule.
Since the mid-19th century, most of the region has been gradually claimed for agriculture.
Wind erosion and oxidation have led to widespread subsidence on the Central Delta islands; much of the Delta region today sits below sea level, behind levees earning it the nickname" California's Holland".
Much of the water supply for Central California and Southern California is also derived from the Delta, via pumps located at the southern end of the Delta.
The pumps deliver water for irrigation in the San Joaquin Valley and municipal water supply for Southern California.
Ray McDonald (dancer)
Ray McDonald( June 27, 1921- February 20, 1959) was a tap dancer who started his career as a vaudeville act with his older sister Grace McDonald, before being cast in a hit Broadway show, and then in films.
He had a starring role in the films" Down in San Diego" and" Born to Sing", some leading roles in other films, as well as lesser roles including in uncredited dance sequences.
McDonald's Broadway credits include" Park Avenue"( 1946)," Winged Victory"( 1943)," Crazy With the Heat"( 1941), and" Babes in Arms"( 1937).
The Delta
The Delta may refer to:
Cheech Marin
Richard Anthony" Cheech" Marín( born July 13, 1946) is an American stand- up comedian, actor, writer and activist, who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech& Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp.
Joe Dominguez, on" Nash Bridges".
He has also voiced characters in several Disney films, including" Oliver& Company The Lion King", the" Cars" series," Coco" and" Beverly Hills Chihuahua".
Marín's trademark is his characters' strong Chicano accents, although Marin himself does not speak Spanish
Delta D
The Delta D, Thrust Augmented Delta or Thor-Delta D was an American expendable launch system used to launch two communications satellites in 1964 and 1965.
It was derived from the Delta C, and was a member of the Delta family of rockets.
The three-stage core vehicle was essentially the same as the Delta C.
The first stage was a Thor missile in the DSV-2A configuration, and the second stage was the Delta D, which was derived from the earlier Delta.
An Altair-2 SRM was used as a third stage.
The main difference between the Delta C and Delta D was the presence of three Castor-1 solid rocket boosters, clustered around the first stage.
Both Delta D launches were conducted from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex
17A. The first, on 19 August 1964, carried the Syncom 3 satellite.
The last, on 6 April 1965, carried the first commercial communications satellite, Intelsat I.
Volga Delta
The Volga Delta is the largest river delta in Europe, and occurs where Europe's largest river system, the Volga River, drains into the Caspian Sea in Russia's Astrakhan Oblast, north- east of the republic of Kalmykia.
The delta is located in the Caspian Depression—the far eastern part of the delta lies in Kazakhstan.
The delta drains into the Caspian approximately 60 km downstream from the city of Astrakhan.
The Volga Delta has grown significantly in the 20th century because of changes in the level of the Caspian Sea.
In 1880, the delta had an area of 3,222 km².
Today the Volga Delta covers an area of 27,224 km² and is approximately 160 km across.
It has a classical" delta pattern".
The delta lies in the arid climate zone, characterized by very little rainfall.
The region receives less than one inch of rainfall in January and in July in normal years.
Strong winds often sweep across the delta and form linear dunes.
Along the front of the delta, one will find muddy sand shoals, mudflats, and coquina banks.

Question: Are both directors of films Down In The Delta and Born In East L.A. (Film) from the same country?
Answer: yes