A FILM TO REMEMBER: “MISSISSIPPI BURNING” (1988)

Photograph of film poster with a display of scene images from “Mississippi Burning”.

Before I get into this, I want to make mention “A FILM TO REMEMBER” will be a series about films that have reached a milestone anniversary since their origin in being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. The articles will contain the film’s plot outline, director, cast, a compilation of trivialities, various photos, movie trailer, critical reception and more. So, let’s start:

We are here to mark the celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Alan Parker’s “Mississippi Burning”. Let’s take an inside look at the film:

PLOT OUTLINE:

Two FBI agents assigned to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights workers in fictional Jessup County, Mississippi. The investigation is met with hostility and backlash by the town’s residents, local police, and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

Still image of filmmaker Alan Parker.

STUDIO:

Orion Pictures

DIRECTOR:

Alan Parker

CAST:

• Gene Hackman … Agent Rupert Anderson
• Willem Dafoe … Agent Alan Ward