Lalee's Kin December 6, 2005

Lalee?s Kin: The Legacy of Cotton. 2000. USA. Directed by Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson, Albert Maysles. Life on the Mississippi Delta for Lalee and her grandchildren is a daily struggle against crushing poverty. Their small, government-subsidized trailer home is ramshackle, but Lalee refuses to be defeated. Like Lalee, the local school superintendent will not accept his district?s failing standardized test scores without a fight. Academy Award?nominee for Best Feature-Length Documentary in 2001. 88 min.
Wednesday, December 7, 6:30; Saturday, December 24, 4:30. T2

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