Mississippi Burning
7.7/10
Rating
128 min
Runtime
1988
Release Year
Alan Parker
Director
Cast
Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey
Quick Synopsis
In the 1960s, two FBI agents are sent to a small town in the American South to investigate the murders of civil rights workers. The town is deeply divided by segregation, and the agents face resistance as they try to uncover the truth behind the local conspiracy of silence. One agent is young and recently trained at the FBI academy, while his partner is an older former sheriff familiar with the town's customs. Together, they navigate their different approaches to law enforcement while working to bring justice in a tense and divided community.
Detailed Synopsis of 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.
