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Mississippi Burning
The film makes a lot of mysterious stuff, including the disappearance of three people in Mississippi in 1964, all of whom were defenders of civil rights. Two federal agents, Alan Ward and Robert Anderson, are charged with investigating the incident. But they soon discover that racism dominates the place, hampering the investigation, as well as escalating racial conflicts.
6 April 1955, Jasper, Alabama, USA
9 April 1948, Brooklyn, New York, USA
24 March 1944, Emporia, Kansas, USA
20 February 1928, Bessemer, Alabama, USA
11 December 1946, Texas, USA
10 June 1949, Newport News, Virginia, USA
4 May 1946, Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
February 11, 2008
Not anywhere as good as it should be.July 14, 2004
Well-acted, compelling, good script. Good message.January 01, 2000
"Mississippi Burning" feels like a movie made from the inside out, a movie that knows the ways and people of its small Southern city so intimately that, having seen it, I know the place I'd go for a cup of coffee and the place I'd steer clear from.July 25, 2002
Hackman delivers some of the best work of his career. And this guy's been doing it for 30 years.March 29, 2009
Slick, well-acted thriller that nonetheless distorts the facts and looks at the civil rights movement from a strictly white perspectiveJuly 15, 2003
Starts out as a vivid portrait of the Civil Rights era and ends up a cop drama in which vengeful anger is used against racist killers.June 24, 2006
For once, Parker directs without depending on flashy visual tropes.June 03, 2005
Improbable re-enactment of an investigation into long-ago outbreak of hate crimes.October 25, 2016
Violence, profanity, lots of tension in Jim Crow crime dramaJanuary 01, 2000
"Mississippi Burning" surveys the geography of racism, sheds light on the dark night of the soul.June 17, 2008
Parker pushes the picture along at a fervent clip, with the character scenes back-to-back with chases or violence.January 01, 2000
"Mississippi Burning" speeds down the complicated, painful path of civil rights in search of a good thriller.