Director: Alan Parker
Genre: Thriller/
Crime/ Drama
Runtime: 128
minutes
Year:
1988
Starring: Willem Dafoe,
Gene Hackman, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, Michael Rooker, R. Lee Emry,
Stephen Tobolowsky, Kevin Dunn
Description: Two F.B.I.
Agents (Willem Dafoe, Gene Hackman) with wildly different styles arrive in
Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
Review: Mississippi, 1964. Three civil rights activists are horribly murdered.
Reason enough for investigation. Two FBI agents, the young Ward and the more
experienced Anderson, soon find that they are not welcome in the town. The more
evidence that comes to light, the more houses are set on fire as a warning.
The film begins one evening
in the state of Mississippi. Two Jewish men and one African America man are in
a car together, when they are pulled over by a group of men, members of the Ku
Klux Clan. Since there is a cop car nearby, they decide to stop. But they have
no intention of helping them. The three men are killed.
The FBI is called in to
track down the three missing men. Ward and Anderson are from the North and are
not used to the ways in Mississippi. The find out that there is a definite
racial difference there. African Americans are looked down upon, are seated in
a separate area in restaurants and get worse facilities compared to white people.
Ward and Anderson increasingly
feel they are not welcome. The people there feel that they should leave and the
rest of the country is just jealous that there is still such a racial disparity
here. The people of Mississippi are very proud of their way of dealing with
African American citizens.
It still amazes me how
people could treat other people like this. And how topical many of the issues
in “Mississippi Burning” still are. It’s a very strong movie, great
performances by the cast and a story that really captivates you.
Rating: 4,5/ 5
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