“Standing tall in your truth (as Mamie Lang Kirkland did) and sharing your story is one of the most powerful acts of resistance. This film is a work of heart — inspiring us to confront the less than shinny parts of American History so that we can reimagine a brighter, more inclusive future.”

Sharon K. SobottaDirector of the Center for Women & Gender Equity at Saint Mary’s College of California

“This film tenderly explores the pain, humanity and courage of Mamie Lang Kirkland as she returns metaphorically and literally to a time and place of racial terror. Her courage rings as a clarion call to confront our histories of racial injustice.”

Rebecca SheehanProfessor of Geography, Oklahoma State University

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‘100 Years From Mississippi’ is a true story of resilience, forgiveness, memory, and hope.

Mamie Lang Kirkland still remembers the night in 1915 when panic filled her home in Ellisville, Mississippi. Her family was forced to flee in darkness from a growing mob of men determined to lynch her father and his friend. Mamie’s family escaped, but her father’s friend, John Hartfield, did not. He suffered one of the most horrific lynchings of the era.

Mamie vowed to never return to Mississippi – until now. After one hundred years, Mamie’s youngest child, filmmaker, Tarabu Betserai Kirkland, takes his mother back to Ellisville to tell her story, honor those who succumbed to the terror of racial violence, and give testimony to the courage and hope epitomized by many of her generation.

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