Sundance: There Is Always A Mississippi Connection!

You know how this goes. Mark talks to our friend Diana Shows about going to Sundance and Diana mentions that her niece Elizabeth Mims has a short film in the festival. Mark tells me, and I get excited because I’m always proud of the creative talent from our state. Mims produced Jason Tippet’s short documentary, “Thompson.” I haven’t seen the film yet, but the excerpt in the program book sounds promising. It’s about two young men who share a bond of “speech impediments, weapons and things that go fast.” It won the jury award at the SXSW Festival. I can’t wait to see it, and hopefully meet Mims in a crowded cafe, or even better Thai restaurant, on Main Street.

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.