Mudbound
Mudbound is a 2017 American historical drama film directed by Dee Rees. It was written by Rees and Virgil Williams, who based their screenplay on the 2008 novel Mudbound by Hillary Jordan. It stars Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Jonathan Banks, Rob Morgan and Mary J. Blige. The film depicts two World War II veterans – one white, one black – who return to rural Mississippi each to address racism and PTSD in his own way. The film premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2017, and was released on Netflix and in limited release on November 17, 2017.
Plot
In the Mississippi Delta, white brothers Henry and Jamie McAllan dig a grave during a rainstorm and struggle to lower their deceased father's coffin into it. When the Jacksons, a black sharecropper family pass by in a wagon, Henry asks the father, Hap, for help. Henry seems uncomfortable asking and Hap hesitates to reply.
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author | Dee Rees Virgil Williams |
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contentLocation | Mississippi |
director | Dee Rees |
editor | Mako Kamitsuna |
genre | drama historical |
keywords | ambush army air corps b-25 bomber belong black community black fighter pilot book of job break child claim drive european theater euthanized fighter pilot force help kill ku klux klan m4 sherman mule ptsd racist return home sharecropper struggle tank tuskegee airmen u.s. army united states army air corps war children war trauma western front white white american white supremacy white woman whooping cough world war ii wound young daughter |
musicBy | Tamar-kali |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
producer | Carl Effenson Cassian Elwes Charles King Christopher Lemole Kim Roth Sally Jo Effenson Tim Zajaros |
productionCompany | Elevated Films Joule Films |
publisher | Netflix |
theme | black dance |