Stephen Fry in America Mississippi (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

Stephen Fry in America

Mississippi (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

Stephen travels through the basin of Old Man River, North America's greatest, from the Great Lakes to its Gulf of Mexico delta. Stephen starts in Louisiana, visiting New Orleans, site of Mardi Gras frivolity and superstition, touring the ...See moreStephen travels through the basin of Old Man River, North America's greatest, from the Great Lakes to its Gulf of Mexico delta. Stephen starts in Louisiana, visiting New Orleans, site of Mardi Gras frivolity and superstition, touring the ruins of the Lower Ninth Ward and Louisiana's infamous Angola State Penitentiary. He then travels north along Highway 61, with stops in Natchez, Mississippi (talking with Morgan Freeman, owner of a local blues club), Arkansas (canoeing on the river), Iowa (discussing meditation at the Maharishi International University), St. Louis (talking with some homeless people living in an abandoned warehouse), Elkhart, Indiana (riding in a fire engine) and Detroit (riding with the designer of the latest Cadillac). In Chicago, he tours the South Side with blues legend Buddy Guy and gets roped into helping with a Second City show, with Chicago-style hot dogs after with two of the performers. Then on to Wisconsin for artisanal cheesemaking, a visit to a Hmong market in Minneapolis/St. Paul, and finally a bit of ice-fishing. Meditations about river-love, the restless nature of the American dream and immigration alter with visits to towns and cities in the vast Midwest plains and Minnesota sources. Included are the San Louis homeless, Vedic 'trans-meditational yoga' guru's Iowa commune HQ, second US economic city Chicago, Scandinavian and Hmong communities in the icy north. Written by KGF Vissers See less

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Stephen Fry Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Tim Baltz Self Self See fewer	The Righteous Gemstones (2019)
Burl Cain Self Self See fewer	The Farm: Angola, USA (1998)
Mike Compton Self Self See fewer	Stephen Fry in America (2008)
Morgan Freeman Self Self See fewer	Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Sally Ann Glassman Self Self See fewer	New Orleans Music in Exile (2006)
Buddy Guy Self Self See fewer	In the Electric Mist (2009)
Isaiah Self - Iraqi War veteran Self - Iraqi War veteran See fewer	Stephen Fry in America (2008)
Brendan Jennings Self Self See fewer	A.P. Bio (2018)
Brenda Jensen Self Self See fewer	Sons of Perdition (2010)
Tim Lesmeister Self Self See fewer	Stephen Fry in America (2008)
John Manoogian Self Self See fewer	Stephen Fry in America (2008)
Russell Means Self Self See fewer	Natural Born Killers (1994)
Mee Moua Self Self See fewer	Stephen Fry in America (2008)
John Ruskie Self Self See fewer	Stephen Fry in America (2008)
Fred Travis Self Self See fewer	Make Me A Leader (2018)
Ted Turner Self Self See fewer	WCW Monday Nitro (1995)