Mississippi Burning
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.
- genus: 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
