Mississippi Damned

Name: Mississippi Damned
Genre: Drama
Released: 2009-01-16
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Adam Clark, Malcolm Goodwin, Michael Hyatt

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

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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.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

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Awards
- 11 wins & 2 nominations

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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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Featured review

6/10

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.