Mississippi Burning (1988)

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" 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. Mississippi Burning, featured earlier performances by Tobin Bell, Michael Rooker, Stephen Tobolowsky, Frances McDormand, Kevin Dunn, Darius McCrary, Park Ovesrall, R. Lee Ermey, Frankie Faison, and Prui"

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"Pros: Gene Hackman Willem Defoe Frances McDormand It’s a great film, but it’s also a very hard to watch one. Music score by Trevor Jones Michael Rooker Cons: The film depicts the FBI as “the good guys”. Given how the FBI interacted with the Black community at time, and everything else, Mississippi Burning can feel like a one sided story. More often than not, Hollywood doesn’t have the best track record, when it comes with the depiction of African American history, especially d"

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" Anderson "My old man was just so full of hate that he didn't know that bein' poor was what was killing him.""

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My Favorite Films of 1988 (25 movies items)

" "Make no mistake about it, Deputy. I'll cut your fucking head clean off and not give a shit how it reads in the report sheet!" Directed by Alan Parker Written by Chris Gerolmo Music by Trevor Jones Cinematography by Peter Biziou Editing by Gerry Hambling "

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" First Viewing Viewing Date: January 2nd Via: Amazon Prime Video Plot: Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the suspicious disappearance of three young civil rights activists. Rating: 8.3/10 Why Did I Watch It? Another acclaimed movie I haven't seen that I can access via the MGM channel while I'm subscribed."

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" Mrs. Pell "Hatred isn't something you're born with. It gets taught. At school, they said segregation what's said in the Bible... Genesis 9, Verse 27. At 7 years of age, you get told it enough times, you believe it. You believe the hatred. You live it... you breathe it. You marry it.""

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" Ward "Oh, it looks like a political meeting, but smells more like Klan to me... with or without the Halloween costumes.""

1988 Awardie Awards (46 movies items)

"Also nominated Best Picture Best Director "

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