Mississippi Burning
Dir: Alan ParkerCast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand
128mins 1988 US Certificate: 18 English
Mississippi Burning
Our tribute to Gene Hackman, introduced by Depot's Chair of Trustees, Robert Senior
When a group of civil rights workers goes missing in a small Mississippi town, FBI agents Alan Ward and Rupert Anderson are sent in to investigate.
Local authorities refuse to cooperate with them, and the African American community is afraid to, precipitating a clash between the two agents over strategy.
As the situation becomes more volatile, the direct approach is abandoned in favour of more aggressive, hard-line tactics.
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