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‘Mudbound’ Provides a Timely, Unflinching Portrait of America’s Racist Past

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Dee Rees’ period epic, now streaming on Netflix, explores racism in post-WWII Mississippi by juxtaposing two farming families: one black, and one white. And it is a must-see.

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