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  • Netflix strikes biggest Sundance deal with race drama 'Mudbound'

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    Steve Dent
    Steve Dent
    01.30.2017

    Streaming giants Netflix and Amazon spent big again Sundance, perhaps pushing traditional rival studios to up their games, too. Netflix snapped up the post-WW II segregation film Mudbound for $12.5 million, the most paid for a film at this year's festival. Directed by Dee Rees, the story centers around a black and a white man who find commonality in the racially divided South thanks to their shared war experiences.