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Mississippi Damned

  • 2009
  • TV-MA
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
1K
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Mississippi Damned (2009)
Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.
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Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.

  • Director
    • Tina Mabry
  • Writer
    • Tina Mabry
  • Stars
    • Adam Clark
    • Malcolm Goodwin
    • Michael Hyatt
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tina Mabry
    • Writer
      • Tina Mabry
    • Stars
      • Adam Clark
      • Malcolm Goodwin
      • Michael Hyatt
    • 10User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 11 wins & 2 nominations total

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    The Rise of Tessa Thompson
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    Top cast35

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    Adam Clark
    Adam Clark
    • Junior
    Malcolm Goodwin
    Malcolm Goodwin
    • Sammy Stone
    Michael Hyatt
    Michael Hyatt
    • Delores
    Malcolm David Kelley
    Malcolm David Kelley
    • Young Sammy
    Jossie Thacker
    • Charlie
    Tessa Thompson
    Tessa Thompson
    • Kari Peterson
    Simbi Kali
    Simbi Kali
    • Anna
    • (as Simbi Kali Williams)
    D.B. Woodside
    D.B. Woodside
    • Tyrone
    Chasity Kershal Hammitte
    • Leigh
    Kylee Russell
    Kylee Russell
    • Young Kari
    Maria Howell
    Maria Howell
    • Shelia Hobbs
    Cynthia Addai-Robinson
    Cynthia Addai-Robinson
    • Milena
    Michael Beasley
    Michael Beasley
    • James
    Donna Biscoe
    Donna Biscoe
    • Gloria
    Southey Blanton
    • Irv
    Benjamin Brown
    Benjamin Brown
    • Ray
    Halle Brown
    • Tamara Hobbs
    Jasmine Burke
    Jasmine Burke
    • Paula
    • Director
      • Tina Mabry
    • Writer
      • Tina Mabry
    • All cast & crew
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    10Chris-500

    Close To Home

    This was an excellent and well told story.I love the way Tina introduces the character's and how the story is inter woven from house to house.The characters were so very related to me. I felt like she was telling my story.I 100% related to this film because I also came from this environment and felt this environment in my gut. I hated the one person who gave it a bad review was because he did not see a good male character but I guess he didn't see where this was based on a true story. I cried so hard for this story and for Kari. My mother drove me to school and struggled to pay for me to go to school. I am having all of my friends watch this movie. I would love to produce your next film Tina.
    6michaelradny

    I'm Damned

    Mississippi Damned is what you would call a slow, consistent burner. Nothing ever gets too out of control, the pace doesn't really ever kick off and the story is constantly good. However, that is where the problem lies, as nothing much ever happens. It feels like a continuous circle with no end (not too exciting for a two hour film). But on the plus side, this film does have some interesting ideas which speak loudly and well.

    Besides from being rather boring for the entirety of the film, you can't look passed at what this film could have been. So many films have done what this film is trying to do, but the dark emotional slow burner does pay off in the end.
    7echelsj

    I agree with Michael O Rourke

    I just watched this movie on Netflix, if it played in the Theater, some how I missed this very well written movie. my hat is off to the writer, Director,( Tina Mabry), Michael O'Rourke I too thought this could have been just as good as 12 years a slave, Ms. Mabry just needed a bigger budget.

    The acting was good Ms. Thompson who played the girl who made it out of Bad town Mississippi is a very good actress with a good career ahead of her. This story had every thing I seen in the ghetto of north Philly. at times it was hard for me to watch, because I seen all of the abuse in my own life from people living in the ghetto ,it was so real for me.

    Ms. Mabry you are a very good writer, I will be looking for more great movies written by you.

    very well written

    I loved it.
    6ohdonna-84161

    Good but too much going

    This movie had a good plot line and a really good cast. However, I had some issues with it.

    At the beginning of the movie, I had a hard time trying to figure out what was going on. As mentioned in the summary title, there was way too much going. There were a lot of characters, so sometimes I forgot names. It was easy to get the sisters' stories mixed up. I also didn't understand some parts of the ending. I won't say too much because I don't want to spoil it for others.

    And overall,the movie was too depressing. Just was a complete overkill of depressing stuff. I thought that nothing would ever end well for any of the characters. I had to watch cartoons afterwards.
    3below-18414

    Boring!

    Watching this movie was like watching grass grow. I kept waiting for something to happen but it never did. A complete waste of time as far as I'm concerned.

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    • Trivia
      The movie's title is a reference to the song 'Mississippi Goddam', which was written and most famously recorded by Nina Simone. Simone wrote the song in 1963 as a protest against the racial injustices that inspired the civil rights movement, especially the assassination of Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 12, 1963, and the Klan-set bomb that blew up the 16th Street Baptist Church and killed four little girls in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963. Simone famously performed the song in front of tens of thousands of people at the third Civil Rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965. The chorus of the song is, "Alabama's got me so upset; Tennessee's made me lose my rest; and everybody knows about Mississippi goddamn!"
    • Soundtracks
      Someone Else Is Steppin' In
      Written by Denise LaSalle

      Performed by Z.Z. Hill

      Courtesy of Malaco Records

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    • Release date
      • January 16, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • North Carolina, USA
    • Production company
      • Morgan's Mark
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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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