Mississippi Burning
1964. When America was at war with itself.
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Studio: Orion Pictures
- Keyword: suicide, sheriff, police, funeral, ku klux klan, mississippi river, shotgun, fbi, deputy sheriff, motel, u.s. navy, rope, burning cross, based on true story, murder, racism, dramatic, callous, compassionate, disheartening, empathetic, harsh, tragic
- Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Gailard Sartain