Miss Firecracker

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.

Cast

Holly Hunter

Carnelle Scott

Alfre Woodard

Popeye Jackson

Mary Steenburgen

Elaine Rutledge

Tim Robbins

Delmount Williams

Scott Glenn

Mac Sam