Film Festival Favorite 'Mississippi Damned' Hits Outfest

Mississippi Damned, a story of a large African-American family in a world of addiction, poverty and violence will be at Outfest’s centerpiece gala screening. From the lesbian filmmaking duo of writer/director Tina Mabry (Itty Bitty Titty Committee) and Morgan Stiff, the award-winning film follows three black kids from 1986 to 1998 struggling to escape what has plagued their family for generations or be forever damned in Mississippi.