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Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker and written by Chris Gerolmo that is loosely based on the 1964 murder investigation of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in Mississippi.
Jan 27, 1989 · Mississippi Burning: Directed by Alan Parker. With Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif. Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
- (112K)
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Alan Parker
- 1989-01-27
Jun 21, 2022 · The murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964 turned into one of Bureau’s biggest investigations of the era.
Jun 28, 2021 · The three Freedom Summer workers, all in their 20s, had been investigating the burning of a black church near Philadelphia, Mississippi when they disappeared in June of 1964.
- 4 min
Watch a drama thriller based on the true story of two FBI agents investigating the disappearance of three civil rights activists in 1964 Mississippi. Starring Gene Hackman, Willem Defoe and Frances McDormand.
- Alan Parker
- January 1, 1988
- 127 min
Find out who starred in the 1988 crime drama film Mississippi Burning, directed by Alan Parker and written by Chris Gerolmo. See the full list of actors, producers, writers, and other crew members on IMDb.
A gritty police drama based on a true story of the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. The film captures the racism, the terror and the justice of that era with subtlety and realism.
