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Watch the stun­ning trail­er for Dee Rees’ Mudbound

06 Sep 2017

This rur­al peri­od epic set in America’s Deep South looks a seri­ous Oscars contender.

It’s that time of year when thoughts inevitably start turn­ing towards awards sea­son, so let’s kick things off with a pre­dic­tion of our own: Dee Rees’ Mud­bound is going to win big in 2018.

The lat­est fea­ture from the Amer­i­can writer/​director behind Pari­ah and Bessie is set in the Deep South dur­ing World War Two, and fol­lows two fam­i­lies pit­ted against one anoth­er by a ruth­less social hier­ar­chy, yet bound togeth­er by the shared farm­land of the Mis­sis­sip­pi Delta.

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Hen­ry (Jason Clarke) and Lau­ra McAllan (Carey Mul­li­gan) are farm­ers with grand ambi­tions whose faith is test­ed by cir­cum­stances beyond their con­trol, while neigh­bours Hap and Flo­rence Jack­son (Rob Mor­gan, Mary J Blige) endeav­our to build a small dream of their own – despite the harsh social prej­u­dice they face.

The War upends both fam­i­lies’ plans as their return­ing loved ones, Jamie McAllan (Gar­rett Hed­lund) and Ron­sel Jack­son (Jason Mitchell), forge a friend­ship that chal­lenges the bru­tal real­i­ties of the Jim Crow South in which they live. It’s hard-hit­ting, time­ly stuff, and one of the year’s must-see new releases.

Mud­bound arrives on Net­flix and in select the­atres on Fri­day 17 Novem­ber, 2017. 

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