🎬 Documentary

LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton

"For as long as she can remember, LaLee Wallace's family has picked cotton."

⭐ 6.5/10 2001 1h 29m Dir. Albert Maysles

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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.

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6.5/10 4 votes

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Year
2001
Runtime
1h 29m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.5/10
Votes
4
Genre
Documentary
Director
Language
EN
🎭 Documentary 🎬 Albert Maysles
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LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton has a runtime of 1h 29m (1 hour and 29 minutes).
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton was directed by Albert Maysles and released in 2001.
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton is a Documentary film (2001).
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton has a TMDB rating of 6.5/10 based on 4 votes.

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