Mississippi Damned (2009)
- Directed by
- Tina Mabry
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Three poor Black children in rural Mississippi grow up amid a family history of abuse, addiction, and violence. Each must decide whether to break free from that cycle or stay trapped in it.
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What happens
Mississippi Damned is a 2009 American drama film written and directed by Tina Mabry and starring Tessa Thompson, D. B. Woodside, Malcolm Goodwin, Malcolm David Kelley and Michael Hyatt. The film was based on Mabry's life growing up in Tupelo, Mississippi. It was filmed in and around Ahoskie, North Carolina. Based on a true story, three poor black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of physical and sexual abuse, addiction, and violence. They independently struggle to escape their circumstances and must decide whether to confront what's plagued their family for generations or succumb to the same crippling fate, forever damned in Mississippi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Elephant (2003)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.