‘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.

ABOUT THE FILM MAMIE’S STORY

Upcoming Screenings

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

THURSDAY OCTOBER 26, 5:30 p.m.

Biomedical Science Research Building (BSRB) Kahn Auditorium and Atrium

109 Zina Pitcher Pl, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Carr Center Performance Studio, Detroit

FRIDAY OCTOBER 27, 7:30 p.m.

15 E. Kirby St., Detroit, MI 48202

Book your screening and in-person talkback with the writer/director here!

STREAMING NOW EDUCATIONAL LICENSING PUBLIC TELEVISION BROADCASTS

Thank you for supporting Mamie’s true story. This act of resistance reminds the world of what we should never revisit.

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“Mamie Kirkland’s life was a triumph of the human spirit. So is the movie that her son made about her. Watch it and you’ll fall in love with them both.”

“100 Years From Mississippi is a must-see documentary. It strikes a chord at the heart of the black American experience. Powerful, thought-provoking, relevant, then, as it is now”