Mississippi Burning

Released 1988 · Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 128 min · ★ 7.7/10 · Directed by Alan Parker

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.