Mudbound (2017)

Summary: Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.

Release Date: November 17, 2017

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Dee Rees

Writers: Virgil Williams

, Dee Rees

, Hillary Jordan

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: R

Production: Armory Films, ArtImage Entertainment, Black Bear Pictures, Elevated Films (II), MACRO, MMC Joule Films, Zeal Media, Black Bear

Distributor: Netflix, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Pariah (2011)

Summary: A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

Release Date: October 31, 2012

Genre: Drama

Director: Dee Rees

Writer: Dee Rees

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: R

Production: Chicken And Egg Pictures, MBK Entertainment, Northstar Pictures, Pariah Feature, Sundial Pictures, aid abet

Distributor: Focus Features

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 450,000

Domestic: $ 769,552

Bessie (2015)

Summary: The story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

Release Date: May 16, 2015

Genres: Drama, Music, Biography

Director: Dee Rees

Writers: Dee Rees

, Christopher Cleveland

, Bettina Gilois

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: HBO Films, Flavor Unit Entertainment, The Zanuck Company

Distributor: Home Box Office (HBO), HBO Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)

Summary: A veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she's trying to break. Adapted from Joan Didion's namesake...

Release Date: February 21, 2020

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Dee Rees