LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton (2001)
Directed by Albert Maysles, Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson · 89 min · Documentary
11.0 TOPICAL score · #5,486 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →This heartbreaking documentary depicts the extreme poverty of an African-American family and their Mississippi Delta school district. LaLee's Kin takes us deep into the Mississippi Delta and the intertwined lives of LaLee Wallace, a great-grandmother struggling to hold her world together in the face of dire poverty, and Reggie Barnes, superintendent of the embattled West Tallahatchie School System. The film explores the painful legacy of slavery and sharecropping in the Delta.
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton (2001, directed by Albert Maysles and Susan Froemke and Deborah Dickson) has a TOPICAL score of 11.0 - ranked 5,486 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and awards, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: Metacritic 78. Audiences: TMDB 6.5/10 (4 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 5 languages.
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- CriticsMetacritic 78
- AudienceTMDB 6.5/10 (4 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 5 languages
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