crime thriller

Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker that is loosely based on the 1964 Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner murder investigation in Mississippi.

a gripping crime drama

Set in the volatile era of civil rights movement, Mississippi Burning is a gripping crime drama.

a crime drama film , released in 1988directed by Alan Parker and starring Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, and Frances McDormand in leading roles

“Mississippi Burning” is a crime drama film released in 1988, directed by Alan Parker and starring Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, and Frances McDormand in leading roles.

a 1988 American crime drama film loosely based on the FBI investigation into the real-life murders of three civil rights workers in the U.S. state of Mississippi

Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime drama film loosely based on the FBI investigation into the real-life murders of three civil rights workers in the U.S. state of Mississippi in 1964.

a character driven political thriller about FBI investigation that creates havoc as they start taking matters in hand after racism increases like a fire catching forest in a town

Mississippi Burning Mississippi Burning is a character driven political thriller about FBI investigation that creates havoc as they start taking matters in hand after racism increases like a fire catching forest in a town.

a crime drama surrounding the disappearance of 3 civil rights workers in 1964 Mississippi

Mississippi Burning" is a crime drama surrounding the disappearance of 3 civil rights workers in 1964 Mississippi.

a 1988 crime drama film based on the investigation into the real-life murders of three civil rights workers in the U.S. state of Mississippi

Mississippi Burning is a 1988 crime drama film based on the investigation into the real-life murders of three civil rights workers in the U.S. state of Mississippi in 1964.

a historical drama that takes place in Jessup County, Mississippi and is based on the FBI’s investigation into the murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi that took place on the night of June 21st, 1964

Mississippi Burning (1988) is a historical drama that takes place in Jessup County, Mississippi and is based on the FBI’s investigation into the murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi that took place on the night of June 21st, 1964.

parts historical, parts fiction and equal parts unrelenting thriller

Mississippi Burning is parts historical, parts fiction and equal parts unrelenting thriller.

a brutal 1988 film about the FBI’s efforts to investigate the disappearance of civil rights workers while the Ku Klux Klan attacks the local black population

Mississippi Burning is a brutal 1988 film about the FBI’s efforts to investigate the disappearance of civil rights workers while the Ku Klux Klan attacks the local black population.

drama

This ensemble drama - based upon a true story - is about the rural fire brigade of the small country town of Prescott as they are faced with one of the deadliest wildfires in US history.

a brutal movie about the true story of three civil rights activists who were murdered in rural Mississippi

Mississippi Burning is a brutal movie about the true story of three civil rights activists who were murdered in rural Mississippi (there's a reason a reason 's not called Texas Burning).

a travesty of historical drama

Mississippi Burning is a travesty of historical drama because, far from bravely helping civil rights workers in the 1960s, the FBI undermined African Americans's efforts and ignored or covered up injustices committed against African Americans .

a fictional movie

Mississippi Burning is a fictional movie, but a fictional movie’s loosely based on a real event, the June 1964 murder of three civil rights activists – Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney.

one of a series of big-budget , Hollywood movies from the late 1980s and early 1990s that helped rehabilitate the public image of the FBI after the beating the beating took in the 1970s

Mississippi Burning is one of a series of big-budget, Hollywood movies from the late 1980s and early 1990s that helped rehabilitate the public image of the FBI after the beating the beating took in the 1970s.

a thriller, crime movie featuring Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe and Frances McDormand

Mississippi Burning is a thriller, crime movie featuring Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe and Frances McDormand.

thriller

Seven-time Academy Award-nominated Mississippi Burning was a thriller loosely based on the real-life case of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, two Jewish and an African American civil rights workers who were abducted and murdered in 1964.

an entertaining, albeit one-dimensional, look at the ruthlessness of the Southern Civil Rights Movement

Overall, Mississippi Burning is an entertaining, albeit one-dimensional, look at the ruthlessness of the Southern Civil Rights Movement.

an exciting Gene Hackman study of the Civil Rights Movement which offers the strange historical interpretation that the real heroes of the time were in the FBI

Mississippi Burning is an exciting Gene Hackman study of the Civil Rights Movement which offers the strange historical interpretation that the real heroes of the time were in the FBI.

elements of both fantasy and historical fiction

Set in the context of Hurricane Camille and the civil rights movement in Mississippi in 1969, Mississippi has elements of both fantasy and historical fiction.