Enjoy a free showing of the Mississippi documentary “The Year of Our Lord on Thacker Mountain Radio” with the Crossroads Film Society. The documentary is based on the book “The Year of Our Lord,” by T.R. Pearson.
The book and movie focus on Lucas McCarty, a Mississippi Delta resident and the only white congregant in the African American Trinity House of Prayer Holiness Church in Moorhead. McCarty can’t speak due to cerebral palsy, but he sings with the choir every Sunday.
The free showing is at Albert’s Place (119 W. Capitol St.) Thursday, March 29. Appetizers and cash bar 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.; film at 6:30 p.m. Director Thad Lee and author T.R. Pearson will be on hand. The Crossroads Film Festival is April 13 to 15. RSVP on Facebook, visit http://www.crossroadsfilmfestival.com or
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The Mississippi Free Press produced this story through the MFP Solutions Lab, supported by the Solutions Journalism Network. This series digs into Mississippi’s systemic issues and sheds light on responses to them in other communities. Beyond just reporting on problems, these stories interrogate their causes and inspect potential solutions.
