Carnelle Scott is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a beauty pageant, which her cousin had won years before. Despite a lack of support from those close to her Carnelle remains determined. She enlists the help of a seamstress to outfit her for the competition, while rebuffing the advances of predatory men, as she aims to bring home the crown.
Miss Firecracker (1989) is now streaming with subscription on Freevee
Holly Hunter , Alfre Woodard , Mary Steenburgen , Tim Robbins , Scott Glenn , Trey Wilson
Thomas Schlamme
Corsair Pictures
