Mississippi burning [videorecording (DVD)] / an Orion Pictures release ; director, Alan Parker ; producers, Frederick Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry ; writer, Chris Gerolmo.
Widescreen. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988. Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand.
Summary:
Set in Mississippi in 1964, this is a fictionalized version of the case of the murder of three young civil rights workers, the FBI's attempts to find the missing boys and the clash between the authorities and the locals in a Klan-dominated town.
Series:
Contemporary classics Contemporary classics (MGM Home Entertainment Inc.)
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