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.
Unfortunately the movie Miss Firecracker is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Thomas Schlamme | Director |
| Production | Fred Berner | Producer |
| Production | Mindy Marin | Casting |
| Editing | Peter C. Frank | Editor |
| Camera | Arthur Albert | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Molly Maginnis | Costume Design |
| Art | Debra Schutt | Art Direction |
| Sound | David Mansfield | Music |
| Production | Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Art | Maher Ahmad | Art Direction |
| Writing | Beth Henley | Screenplay |
| Crew | Spooky Stevens | Unit Publicist |
| Art | Kristi Zea | Production Design |
| Crew | Patrice Soriero | Choreographer |
| Writing | Beth Henley | Theatre Play |
