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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. [5]
Nov 16, 2017 · Mudbound may technically be a fictional story, but it was shaped by accounts of people who had experienced similar events and lifestyles firsthand, which explains why it feels so real.
Nov 16, 2017 · The story is centered on racism, on the fear, the humiliation, the terror, and the violence inflicted upon black people in the South by whites that wasn’t punished by law—by Jim Crow laws, by ...
Like George Stevens’ Oscar winner, “Mudbound” is based on a novel and concerns itself with two families living uneasily on the same land. Director Dee Rees masterfully executes her character study, filling the frame with visuals as big and powerful as the emotions she draws from her superb cast.
Nov 18, 2017 · Mudbound, based on the 2008 novel by Hillary Jordan, was helmed by Dee Rees, an insightful director who landed on the scene in 2011 with her well-received queer coming-of-age tale, Pariah. That...
Feb 19, 2018 · Based on Hillary Jordan’s 2008 novel, Dee Rees’ “Mudbound” addresses racial conflict in World War II-era Mississippi and speaks to viewers with its bold visual language.
Oct 24, 2017 · An historical epic drama based on the novel by Hillary Jordan, Mudbound details the daily hardships and vicissitudes of farm life in Mississippi during the post–World War II era. Two families, one white (the landlords) and one black (the sharecroppers), work the same miserable piece of farmland.
