After its acclaimed premiere at Sundance, the stars of the tense racial drama “Mudbound” are ready to take on TIFF.
One of the Festival’s most buzzed-about movies, the ensemble period drama “Mudbound” stars Oscar-nominee Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Jason Clarke and Mary J. Blige and is directed by Dee Rees. Rees, a former pantyliner marketer and Dr. Scholl’s footwear saleswoman-turned-intern of Spike Lee, debuted her first feature film, “Pariah” at TIFF in 2011 – “Mudbound” is her second feature film.
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Set in the 1940s amid simmering racial tensions, “Mudbound” follows a woman (Mulligan) who is newly transplanted from the big city to rural Mississippi and two men (Hedlund and Mitchell) who return home from serving in WWII. All must learn to adjust to post-war life and the extreme racism in their rural community.
Distributed by Netflix, “Mudbound” has been earning Oscar buzz, in particular for Mitchell’s role as a black war hero, who, once back home among his town’s extreme racial prejudices, is stripped of his hero status.
ET Canada will be coming to you live from the film’s premiere at Roy Thomson Hall beginning at approximately 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Post your questions and comments for the stars below.
