LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton

LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton

2001
1h 29m
6.0

6.0/10

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

Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date January 19, 2001
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0274622

Cast

Key Crew

Deborah Dickson
Director
Albert Maysles
Director
Susan Froemke
Director