“This is an intergenerational story of resilience, reminding us that redemption can take 100 years to unearth, but the truth will eventually see the sweet light of freedom!”

Martha GonzalesAssociate Professor, Intercollegiate Department of Chicanx Latinx Studies, Scripps Humanities Institute Director

“Her outlook on humanity was amazing, even with all the hardships. She was a great Magnolia tree who had to bend with life but did not break.”

Barbara MurrayPBS Viewer

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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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