Jižanské drama z období před vypuknutím Občanské války, jehož hlavním hrdinou je otrok Django. Ten má šanci získat díky nájemnému lovci lidí dr. Schultzovi svobodu, pokud se mu povede dopadnout vraždící bratry Brittlovi. Djangovi se tak zároveň naskytne příležitost najít ženu, kterou musel před lety nedobrovolně opustit. Ani jeden z hlavních hrdinů však netuší, jak blízko jsou nejnebezpečnějšímu dobrodružství svého života.
Po jedenácti letech strávených ve státním vězení v Mississippi se Russell Gaines snaží nechat své hříchy minulosti za sebou, když se vrací domů ke svému stoickému otci Mitchellovi. Jedné osudné noci se setká s Maben, mladou matkou, která má na kontě jen ukradenou zbraň a zavražděného policejního zástupce. Zoufalí a na útěku si Russell a Maben musí navzájem důvěřovat, aby unikli vlastní situaci, než je pravda o jejich propletené násilné minulosti ohrozí.
Alkoholik Brick býval dříve profesionálním hráčem fotbalu. Dnes utápí své dny v alkoholu a odmítá lásku i pomoc své ženy Maggie. V den otcových narozenin dojde mezi ním a jeho bratrem k roztržce. Pak ale vyjde najevo, že jejich otec je vážně nemocný a umírá na rakovinu.
Tender caresses and enveloping embraces are portals into the life of Mack, a Black woman in Mississippi. Winding through the anticipation, love, and heartbreak she experiences from childhood to adulthood, the expressionist journey is an ode to connection — with loved ones and with place.
Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It's there that a passionate romance with the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius challenges the prejudices of their conservative families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African American communities.
Raw and unflinching examination of the courageous life of basketball star and social justice activist Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. Born Chris Jackson, he overcame tremendous adversity to reach the NBA and found his true calling when he converted to Islam. His decision not to stand for the national anthem, however, turned him from prodigy to pariah. Told candidly by Abdul-Rauf himself more than 20 years later it’s the remarkable story of one man who kept the faith and paved the way for a social justice movement.
No one could spin a yarn to make a sale like Ray Lum. Twenty years after their initial meeting, Bill Ferris returned home to Mississippi in the early ‘70s with a camera. The result reveals a look back at the colorful rhythms of Ray’s life—at home, at the auction, joking with strangers outside country stores— and provides a glimpse at Southern manhood, friendship and loss. Now nearly Ray’s age when they first filmed, Ferris has become a Grammy Award winning documentarian and renowned folklorist. Using never before seen 16mm footage and new animations, OKAY, MR. RAY is a short documentary film about how even the tallest tales help us keep the memory alive of the ones we love.
Perhaps it is his distinctive velvet smooth voice and calming demeanor that made Morgan Freeman a household name. World-renowned actor, Freeman has starred in over 100 movies in just three decades and continues to break barriers.
Based on A Few Days Full of Trouble by Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Christopher Benson, the feature doc will explore two parallel tracks of the Till story. One set in motion by the last four years of an FBI investigation with details never before revealed, including significant new revelations of the case and its discoveries. The traumatic memory of Parker Jr., last surviving witness to the crime and Till’s cousin, drives that investigation. The second track is a deep immersion into the latest, proprietary findings, as high schoolers prepare for a reenactment of the murder trial of two of Till’s killers, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam.
In the fall of 1962, a dramatic series of events made Civil Rights history and changed a way of life. On the eve of James Meredith becoming the first African-American to attend class at the University of Mississippi, the campus erupted into a night of rioting between those opposed to the integration of the school and those trying to enforce it. Before the rioting ended, the National Guard and Federal troops were called in to put an end to the violence and enforce Meredith's rights as an American citizen.