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Dee Rees on the Humanistic and Historical Scope of 'Mudbound' | NYFF55

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Channel: Film at Lincoln Center · 2017 · Film & Animation

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Writer-director Dee Rees’s historical epic Mudbound, based on the novel by Hillary Jordan, details the daily hardships and vicissitudes of farm life in Mississippi during the post–World War II era. In anticipation of the New York Film Festival premiere, the director spoke with us about the humanistic and historical scope of the story, as well her excitement bringing the film to this festival.

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