Miss Dixie High

Overview

When the local high school beauty pageant offers a college scholarship to the winning contestant, Shelly imagines a future beyond her abusive home life and does whatever it takes to break free. Filmed on location at a junkyard/trailer compound, chain-linked fences frame key story moments to portray characters as trapped, abandoned cars and deteriorating machines symbolize social decay often associated with the southern United States. A coming of age story that digs deep into the complex nature of familial, mother-daughter, and male-female relations, remarking thoughtfully on stereotypes without perpetuating them.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 2014

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Cast

Suzanne Dean,John Marrott,Susan Priver,Alex Cohen,Annie Hamilton

Director

Jenna Cavelle

Writer

Jenna Cavelle

Producer

Derek Sepe

Budget

$1,000

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt4329804