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1. www.nytimes.com › 1989/01/08 › moviesFILM VIEW: 'Mississippi Burning ... - The New York Times

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   Jan 8, 1989 · ''Mississippi Burning'' is now on trial. It's just 21 years and three months since the climax of the case that inspired the movie, when a group of white supremacists were put into the dock and...

2. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › mississippi-burningMississippi Burning movie review (1988) | Roger Ebert

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   But “Mississippi Burning” is not a documentary, nor does it strain to present a story based on the facts. This movie is a gritty police drama, bloody, passionate and sometimes surprisingly funny about the efforts of two FBI men to lead an investigation into the disappearances.

3. www.nytimes.com › crosswords › gameThe Mini Crossword - The New York Times

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   In 2014, we introduced The Mini Crossword — followed by Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed and Tiles. In early 2022, we proudly added Wordle to our collection. Since then we have created Connections...

4. www.rogerebert.com › far-flung-correspondentsLooking Back at Alan Parker’s Mississippi Burning - Roger Ebert

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   Sep 8, 2020 · Viewed in 2020, Alan Parker’s 1988 film “Mississippi Burning” is inherently flawed but undeniably compelling in its vivid and incendiary depiction of Southern racism during the 1960s. While there are a number of problematic aspects which definitely need to be addressed, the movie is still a first-rate crime thriller that skillfully ...

5. www.framerated.co.uk › mississippi-burning-1988MISSISSIPPI BURNING (1988) - Frame Rated

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   Dec 5, 2023 · A retrospective review of Alan Parker's 1988 crime thriller Mississippi Burning, starring Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe & Frances McDormand.

6. www.civilrightsteaching.org › resource › mississippiMississippi Burning Is Still Burning: A Critical Film Review

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   Jun 19, 2023 · Reading by Judy Richardson A critical review of the film Mississippi Burning, which characterizes the local African American community as passive victims of racist violence and lifts the role of the FBI to heroic proportions.

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   Is Mississippi Burning a good movie?

   • Viewed in 2020, Alan Parker ’s 1988 film “ Mississippi Burning ” is inherently flawed but undeniably compelling in its vivid and incendiary depiction of Southern racism during the 1960s.

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   Is 'Mississippi Burning' a documentary?

   • The case became one of the milestones, like the day Rosa Parks took her seat on the bus or the day Martin Luther King marched into Montgomery, on the long march toward racial justice in this country. But “Mississippi Burning” is not a documentary, nor does it strain to present a story based on the facts.

   Mississippi Burning movie review (1988) - Roger Ebert

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   Is Mississippi Burning a true story?

   • Mississippi Burning draws on real-life tragedy to impart a worthy message with the measured control of an intelligent drama and the hard-hitting impact of a thriller. Each time I heard the pulsating music start working me up for the next bout of violence, I dreaded what was coming.

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   Is Mississippi Burning based on a black-led anti-apartheid movement?

   • We have films like Cry Freedom and A World Apart, both about South Africa’s Black-led anti-apartheid movement, but both focused on the trials and tribulations of white protagonists. This denial of the role of Blacks in their own struggle reaches new heights in Mississippi Burning.

   Mississippi Burning Is Still Burning: A Critical Film Review

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   Does 'Mississippi Burning' have suspense?

   • As a crime thriller “Mississippi Burning” maintains a simmering level of suspense. Interestingly the suspense lies more in how things play out rather than what the outcome will be.

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   Where can I watch Mississippi Burning?

   • Rent Mississippi Burning on Fandango at Home, Apple TV, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Apple TV. Mississippi Burning draws on real-life tragedy to impart a worthy message with the measured control of an intelligent drama and the hard-hitting impact of a thriller.

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   When a group of civil rights workers goes missing in a small Mississippi town, FBI agents Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe) and Rupert Anderson (Gene Hackman) are sent in to investigate.

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