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

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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