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Mississippi Burning (1988)
1964. When America was at war with itself.
Director: Alan Parker, rated R for violence/racial
language
  Starring: Gene
Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee
Emery, Gailard Sartain, Michael Rooker
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★★
- perfect
"Down here, things are
different; here, they believe that some things are worth killing
for." - Anderson
Why watch this? ... Gene Hackman's visit to the private social club.
Plot Summary:
In 1964, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, two FBI
agents with starkly different methods are dispatched to a small
Mississippi town to investigate the disappearance of three civil
rights workers. They face a community steeped in racial
prejudice and a local law enforcement system that proves
resistant to their inquiries, seemingly complicit in the
unfolding events. As the agents delve deeper, they uncover a
deeply entrenched network of racism and violence, forcing them
to confront the town's secrets and the dangers inherent in
challenging the status quo in the segregated South.
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Dad's Preview:
This film is great for two reasons. First, it tells the true story of three
missing civil rights college students who went missing in
Mississippi - a story that needs to be told, a story about
racism and the Klan. Second, it unleashes
Gene Hackman on a bunch of Southern racists hicks who think they are
above the law because the local sheriff is in on their
deplorable activity.
This film is an exposé on the deeply bigoted hate of the Old South.
The cast is superb. Look for a young Frances McDormand in a key
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Frederick Zollo,
Robert F. Colesberry;
Orion Pictures
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