From the International Bestseller.

Starring: Jason Mitchell, Carey Milligan, Garrett Hudlund, Jason Clarke, Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan, Jonathan Banks, Frankie Smith, Kennedy Derosin, Jason Kirkpatrick

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ - great

"Yeah, me, too. Over there, I was a liberator. People lined up in the streets waiting for us. Throwing flowers and cheering. And here I'm just another nigger pushing a plow." - Ronsel Jackson, when asked if he missed being overseas

Why watch this? Life in Mississippi illustrates that racism never dies.

Plot Summary: In the post-WWII Mississippi Delta, a white family and a Black sharecropping family are forced to share a farm while navigating brutal social hierarchies and poverty. The plot follows two war veterans — one from each family — who return home to the segregated South struggling with trauma and an uneasy friendship that challenges the racist local environment.

Dad's Preview: A funny thing happens when people of different races have to live next to each other. You see, no matter how hard we as a society try to segregate and villainize the "others", a few slip through the cracks, and friendships form, hell, even some marry each other. This film, set in a muddy field, illustrates that the scars of the Civil War are hard as hell to heal, but goddamn it, they don't have to define us, either. This very fine movie is a portal into that time period, thanks to some well-crafted authenticity. The lead performances all are stellar, and its plot is thoroughly engrossing.

Elevated Films, Joule Films; Netflix