LaLee's kin : the legacy of cotton / HBO Documentary Films ; a Maysles Films, Inc. production ; directed by Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson, with Albert Maysles ; producer, Susan Froemke ; co-producer, Douglas Graves.
Material type: FilmLanguage: English Publisher: [New York] : Home Box Office, Inc., [2010]Copyright date: �2010Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Legacy of cotton
- 362.508996073 22
- HC107.A15 L35 2010
- Editor, Deborah Dickson ; camera, Albert Maysles ; original music, Gary Lucas.
- Nominee, Best Documentary Feature, 2002 Academy Awards ; Nominee, Best Documentary Feature, 2002 Independent Spirit Awards ; Winner, Best Cinematography and Nominee, Best Documentary Feature, 2001 Sundance Film Festival.
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"This film is set in the Mississippi Delta. Because regional accents may be difficult for some viewers to understand, subtitles have been used."--Note at start of film.
Originally produced in 2001.
I don't like cotton -- Academic probation -- Systemic problems -- We do this every day -- A new year begins -- Paper and pencils -- The ITBS test -- Sometimes a profit... -- From Granny to Baby -- Don't love 'em too hard -- A helping hand -- Keep on keepin' on.
Editor, Deborah Dickson ; camera, Albert Maysles ; original music, Gary Lucas.
"[This film] follows three generations of African Americans from Mississippi as they battle extreme poverty and illiteracy. Living in a trailer without running water or lights, matriarch LaLee Wallace watches her grandchildren struggle in school, paralleling the efforts of the West Tallahatchie School System to raise standards, attract qualified teachers, and find supplies, or risk takeover by the state. These intertwined stories are a sober exploration of the painful legacy of slavery and sharecropping in America's Mississippi Delta."--Container.
TV-PG.
DVD; full screen (4x3) presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
Nominee, Best Documentary Feature, 2002 Academy Awards ; Nominee, Best Documentary Feature, 2002 Independent Spirit Awards ; Winner, Best Cinematography and Nominee, Best Documentary Feature, 2001 Sundance Film Festival.
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