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Director:
Tina Mabry
Writer:
Tina Mabry (writer)
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Genre:
Drama
Tagline:
Wanting to escape was the easy part.
Plot:
Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence. | add synopsis
Awards:
10 wins more
NewsDesk:
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What the Success of "Precious" Means for Black Indie Cinema
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Chicago Film Festival Awards 2009
 (From Alternative Film Guide. 27 October 2009, 11:44 PM, PDT)

Cast

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Adam Clark ... Junior

Malcolm Goodwin ... Sammy Stone
Michael Hyatt ... Delores

Malcolm David Kelley ... Young Sammy

Jossie Thacker ... Charlie

Tessa Thompson ... Kari Peterson
Simbi Khali ... Anna (as Simbi Kali Williams)
D.B. Woodside ... Tyrone
Chasity Kershal Hammitte ... Leigh

Kylee Russell ... Young Kari
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Cynthia Addai-Robinson ... Milena

Michael Beasley ... James

Donna Biscoe ... Gloria

Southey Blanton ... Irv

Benjamin Brown ... Ray
Halle Brown ... Tamara Hobbs

Jasmine Burke ... Paula
Gordon Danniels ... Electric Man

Michael Harding ... Coach Harmon

Stevonte Hart ... Little Sammy
Maria Howell ... Shelia Hobbs
Nikkita Donyal Johnson ... Helen

Leland L. Jones ... Hill

Eugene Long ... Pumpkin

Michael L. Nesbitt ... Wayne

Michael J. Pagan ... Omar Hobbs
Charles Parnell ... Willie Roy

Selassie Singh ... Young Omar
Tonea Stewart ... Alice
Darrion Tillman ... Greg

Mark Wilson ... Heck

Vaughn Wilson ... Duckett
Tina Witherby ... Bonnie
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Runtime:
USA:120 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
North Carolina, USA
Company:
Morgan's Mark more

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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!" more

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