Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning (1988)

1988-12-08 · 128 min · Rating 7.68/10 (1901 votes)

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.

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