Mississippi Movies

When a mother decides to start a natural hair braiding business to achieve financial independence, she must overcome obstacles imposed by a powerful...

In 1941, folklorist Alan Lomax traveled from the Library of Congress to the Mississippi Delta to record an oral history of the blues. Equipped with...

To celebrate his eleventh birthday, a young boy selects his gift - little knowing that his choice will change the world.

Perhaps it is his distinctive velvet smooth voice and calming demeanor that made Morgan Freeman a household name. World-renowned actor, Freeman has...

Located in an old depot in Clarksdale, Mississippi, where Muddy Waters boarded the train to carry the Blues to the world, this small museum tells the...

After her father passes, Lyria sets out to scatter his ashes but ends up taking a job at the Easy Rest Inn instead.

No one could spin a yarn to make a sale like Ray Lum. Twenty years after their initial meeting, Bill Ferris returned home to Mississippi in the early...

Untold stories from a vast photographic archive of a small Mississippi town merge with the lives of its citizens today.

​​Mikah Meyer grew up a middle-America pastor's son, trapped in a religion-sealed closet until his twenties. After his 70,000 social...

Against the backdrop of Mississippi, this coming-of-age tale explores the experience of growing up Muslim in the American South, navigating questions...