It's a wonderfully moving, emotional movie that has this resonance that stays with you." Sundance: Critics fall for Armie Hammer gay romance 'Call Me By Your Name' Mudbound. Dee Rees' racially charged epic, set in rural Mississippi post-World War II, is already garnering serious Oscar talk after earning multiple standing ovations at its Sundance premiere. Although the star-studded drama with Carey Mulligan and Straight Outta Compton 's Jason Mitchell has yet to land a distributor, expect a deal soon. There's talk that "the thing holding up the deal is working out what sort of awards campaign the interested distributors would mount," Buchanan says. "The team behind that film is very interested in making (Rees) the first black female director to get a best director nomination." Sundance: 'Mudbound' could bring historic diversity to 2018 Oscar race Patti Cake$.