Mississippi Burning

(1989)

7.8 /10

125,709 votes

IMDb

Release & Runtime

January 27, 1989 · 2 hr 8 min

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 17 wins & 25 nominations total

Languages

English

Countries

United States

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 former Sheriff partner.

Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand and others

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