Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning

1988 · 2 hr 8 min · R

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Directors

Alan Parker

Actors

  • Gene Hackman
  • Willem Dafoe
  • Frances McDormand

Credits: 3

Summary

Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.

More about this movie

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 former Sheriff partner.