Netflix Buys Dee Rees' "Mudbound" at Sundance
Netflix recently purchased the film at Sundance for 12.5 million. This is Dee Rees big screen follow-up to Pariah (she also directed Bessie which aired on HBO).
Adapted from the novel by Hillary Jordan, it follows two men in the deep South post-WWII as they deal with racism and adjust to life after the war. It stars Carey Mulligan, Mary J Blige, Jason Mitchell, Jonathan Banks, and Garrett Hedlund.
At the screening (where they received a standing ovation), Rees commented, "Sometimes the war at home is bloodier than the war abroad." She also co-wrote the film with Virgil Williams.
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