100 Years From Mississippi

Synopsis

Mamie Lang Kirkland still remembers the night in 1915 when panic filled her home in Ellisville, Mississippi. Her family was forced to flee in darkness from a growing mob of men determined to lynch her father and his friend. Mamie’s family escaped, but her father’s friend, John Hartfield, did not. He suffered one of the most horrific lynchings of the era. Mamie vowed to never return to Mississippi – until now. After one hundred years, Mamie’s youngest child, filmmaker, Tarabu Betserai Kirkland, takes his mother back to Ellisville to tell her story, honor those who succumbed to the terror of racial violence, and give testimony to the courage and hope epitomized by many of her generation

Main Cast

Mamie Kirkland

herself

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Tarabu Betserai Kirkland

himself

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Barry Shabaka Henley

voiceover poetry

Age : 70 | Popularity : 78%

Joyce Guy

voiceover poetry

Age : N/A | Popularity : 37%

Robb Derringer

voiceover dramatization

Age : 57 | Popularity : 30%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Tarabu Betserai Kirkland
Writing	Writer	Tarabu Betserai Kirkland
Production	Producer	Tarabu Betserai Kirkland Gina Rugolo Judd
	Associate Producer	Barry Shabaka Henley
	Executive Producer	Mamie Kirkland Harrison Engle Paulina Sahagun-Macias Ellie Kanner Nicole Mones Paul Mones Patty Hirota-Cohen Lewis Cohen Julie Mount
Editing	Editor	Cassandra Chowdhury
Sound	Music	Derek Nakamoto Keb' Mo'
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