Mississippi Damned (2009)

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

11 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
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

Storyline

Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.

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Plot Keywords:

child abuse

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Taglines:

Wanting to escape was the easy part.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 January 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

North Carolina, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Morgan's Mark

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

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!"

User Reviews

Don't Damn Mississippi-Blame the Film **1/2

The film goes through every possible social ill known to mankind.

This is an urban problem affecting minorities; it is not just confined to Mississippi.

It is basically the idea of a young girl, Kerry,trying her best to get out of this cycle which has beset the family.

We see alcoholism, gambling verbal and physical abuse, breast cancer, and men constantly cheating on women in the film. There is lesbianism as well, nothing is really missed here.

Everyone starts dying off as Kerry gets the opportunity to get out. Is the writer trying to say that if you can't rid yourself of this vicious cycle, you just die?