Mississippi Damned

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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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7.5/10

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- 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!"

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Someone Else Is Steppin' In
Written by Denise LaSalle
Performed by Z.Z. Hill
Courtesy of Malaco Records

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4/10

Damned From the Start

I am not sure why this movie was made. Every stereotype has been exhausted to the fullest in the movie. I think black folks and homosexuals are portrayed in a light that basically enforces every stereotype on old time television. I am not a fan of smoldering movies with a payoff that is seen a mile away coming. The shades of hope are quite evident in this movie where the darker you are the darker the chances of any salvation. The topics in this drama are real but I am certain this was meant to be touching when all it seemed to be to me was an outright downer movie. I think movies should have some learning lesson for the viewer and not just droll on like Boris Karloff doing his Frankenstein thing. The end is also quite disappointing and there is nothing I can redeem from it.