Miss Dixie High

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Jenna Cavelle

Writers

Jenna Cavelle

Language

English

Release date

1 January 2014

Budget

$1,000

Ensemble

Cast

• Alex Cohen

• Suzanne Dean

  Mailwoman

• 

  Annie Hamilton

  Shelly Hunter

• John Marrott

  Billy

• Susan Priver

  Ruby Hunter