Genre: Film (Netflix)
Grade: A-
Notable People: Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Mary J Blige, Rob Morgan, Jonathan Banks, Directed by: Dee Rees
Title: Mudbound
Review: Excellent Netflix original from their “Black Lives Matter” collection- telling the story of two poor farm families-one black and one white- in rural Mississippi after the second world war. This is not an easy movie to watch, and reminds us of how we got to where we live toady with racial injustice. Still, there remains an underlying humanity in even such a torrid environment. Blige does an impressive subtle turn as the matriarch of one family and banks is his usual cantankerous self as the bigoted patriarch of the other. The story line of what is was like for black heroes to come back to the south after the war is powerful and humbling. Well directed-well shot, and worth the tears.