Following the lives of men who make their living working along the Mississippi River.

A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which the villain of the piece accidentally kills himself with his own gun, falls in love with his former fianceé's sister and finally bullies an apprehensive family into accepting him.

A racially diverse acting troupe takes their stage play on the road, one which they hope will encourage voter registration. Under escalating internal tensions, the actors split into race groups and abandon the show.

On board a riverboat bound for Creek City, singer Jimmie Davis, who is going to become half-owner of a land development company willed to him by his uncle, shares a cabin with traveling salesman Dixie Dalrymple. After Dixie invites Jimmie to perform in a concert he is putting on for the other passengers, Jimmie is persuaded to participate in a crooked card game run by Judge Homer Kenworthy and his associates. However, with Dixie's intervention, Jimmie wins handsomely, then accuses the gamblers of trying to cheat him.

优美的旋律随风飘来，久久回荡在密西西比河的上空。在河岸边的棉花田里，农奴们边唱歌便采摘棉花，他们太用心工作了，没留神将住在附近的兔八哥（梅尔·布兰科 Mel Blanc 配音）卷入棉花堆。还没等这只兔子回过神来，他就被装入蒸气轮船中。还没搞清状况的兔八哥探出头来，四下张望，发现船员正在查票。为了防止被对方扔下去，他乔装打扮一番，变成了身份高贵的绅士，总算成功混过这关。接下来他在甲板上四处周游，结果赌场内突然传来了枪声和叫喊声，那是坏脾气的搅乱上校，一旦输了赌局就开枪耍赖，把所有的客人都吓得落荒而逃。 兔八哥当然不吃一套，他决心好好耍耍这个疯子……

The Mississippi was a television series which ran for 2 seasons from 1982 to 1984. The series consisted of 27 episodes, 1 pilot, 6 first season episodes and 17 episodes in the second season. The series was written by Aubrey Solomon and starred Ralph Waite, Linda Miller and Stan Shaw. Ralph Waite played Ben Walker, a successful criminal attorney who after retiring his law practice, sought a more simple life on the mighty Mississippi river as a simple stern-wheel river boat captain. But at every port he would stop at he'd find someone who needed a good attorney and he would end up defending them. His "crew" consisted of Stella McMullen and Lafe Tate, both of whom was more interested in helping people, fighting crime and becoming attorneys than running the tug. Filming occurred in several cities along the Mississippi River including Natchez, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee.

Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.

A collection of four short films based on stories written by William Faulkner.

They risked their land and their lives by joining the battle against white supremacy and sheltering those who lead the charge. This is the untold story of Mississippi's African-American landowners of the 1960s and their vital role in a paving the way for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Narrated by Danny Glover, this two-part series recounts a seminal moment in civil rights history. Through rare archival footage and interviews, see how the farmers, activists, and volunteers dared to challenge racial repression in Mississippi and changed America.

To be sixteen isn't easy. The hard part is being sixteen and having to go to school every day. It's even harder being sixteen and having to go to school and falling in love with Fernando, the boy in the next class. It's easy to be Jaqueline.