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"Mudbound"--Outstanding For Many Reasons

1/20-Mudbound, a film sweeping up excitement in the rounds of awards, is a haunting viewing experience.

Film score composer Tamar-kali calls Mudbound an instant American classic as it reaches to powerful themes from the past. Set in the Mississippi Delta during World War II, two families-one black and one white-depend on each other but are subject to social norms of the times. Mudbound won the Robert Altman Award to a standing ovation at Indie Spirits.

A new film Tamar-kali was composing the score for at the time of the interview will be released in April--Come Sunday stars Chiwitel Ejiofor and Martin Sheen,http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1690967/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt