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Mississippi Burning (1988)

Film · 1988 · 128 min · R · Drama · Crime · Mystery

1964. When America was at war with itself.

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.

Directed by Alan Parker

Starring Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Gailard Sartain, Stephen Tobolowsky, Michael Rooker

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In cinemas27 January 1989
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First release anywhere8 December 1988

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