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==Plot==
 
==Plot==
Mississippi Burning was set up in 1964 when three civil rights workers were murdered in a small town by members of the Ku Klux Klan. The two FBI agents, Willem Dafoe plays Ward, a zealous Harvard graduate who has received a high ranking as a member of the Robert Kennedy Department of Justice. This by-the-book agent wants to draw attention to the killers by making the city the target of national media attention. Gene Hackman, in a lively Academy Award-Caliber performance, plays Anderson, a former Mississippi senator who uses his charm to gain the trust of the disgruntled wife of the Deputy Sheriff. Her evidence, he claims, holds the key to what actually happened to the three civil rights workers.[[File:MISSISSIPPI-BURNING-008.jpg|thumb|left|Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe in Mississippi Burning]]
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The Mississippi Burning was established in 1964 when three civil rights workers were murdered by members of Ku Klux Klan in a small town. Two FBI agents, Willem Dafoe played Ward, he is an enthusiastic Harvard University graduate who held high positions in the Robert Kennedy Department of Justice. This reliable agent hopes to attract the attention of killers by making the city a target of national media attention. Gene Hackman performed at an active Oscar awards ceremony, playing the former Mississippi State Senator Anderson, his charm has won the trust of the deputy sheriff's dissatisfied wife. He claimed that her evidence holds the key to what actually happened to the three civil rights workers.[[File:MISSISSIPPI-BURNING-008.jpg|thumb|left|Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe in Mississippi Burning]]
 
==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==
  
In the movie depicts the ways in which the blacks are terrorized by lynchings, beatings, and the burning of their homes and churches in CIvil War era.<ref>https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/reviews/view/6198</ref> It also shows many appalling (and broadly accurate) incidents of racist violence, its narrative focus is on what race politics meant to white people.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/apr/10/reel-history-mississippi-burning</ref>
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The film describes the way blacks were lynched, beaten and their houses and churches burned during the Civil War.<ref>https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/reviews/view/6198</ref> It also shows many appalling (and roughly accurate) incidents of racist violence, and its narrative focuses on the significance of racial politics to white people.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/apr/10/reel-history-mississippi-burning</ref>
  
 
==Pro==
 
==Pro==
It also shows FBI agents under Anderson's direction throw restraint and legal procedure out the window in order to identify the killers. That makes them as barbaric and dehumanized as their racist adversaries. Mississippi Burning seeks to illustrate the kind of wild justice that is predicated on brutality that has permeated American history but is counter to the very values of human rights and individual freedoms.<ref>https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/reviews/view/6198</ref>
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It also showed that FBI agents restrained and took legal proceedings under Anderson's instructions in order to identify the killer. This makes them as brutal and humane as their racist opponents. Mississippi Burning tried to illustrate a barbaric justice that has penetrated into American history but runs counter to the value of human rights and personal freedom.<ref>https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/reviews/view/6198</ref>
  
[https://www.rogerebert.com/contributors/roger-ebert Roger Ebert] give this one 4 stars out of 5 And no other movie I’ve seen captures so forcefully the look, the feel, the very smell, of racism. We can feel how sexy their hatred feels to the racists in this movie, how it replaces other entertainments, how it compensates for their sense of worthlessness. And we can feel something breaking free, the fresh air rushing in, when the back of that racism is broken.<ref>https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mississippi-burning-1988</ref>
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[https://www.rogerebert.com/contributors/roger-ebert Roger Ebert] give this one 4 stars out of 5 And I have never seen other movies that capture the look, feel, and smell of racism so powerfully. In this movie, we can feel their hatred of racists, how to replace other entertainment methods, and how to make up for their sense of worthlessness. When the back of racism is broken, we can feel something freely breaking free and fresh air pouring in.<ref>https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/mississippi-burning-1988</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 03:55, 9 March 2021

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Mississippi Burning is American biographical crime thriller who released on December 2, 1988 (Washington). This 128 minutes movie tells about two FBI agents Gene Hackman as Agent Rupert Anderson and Willem Dafoe as Agent Alan Ward investigating the murder of civil rights by Ku Klux Klan workers in the 1960s are trying to break the silence conspiracy in a small southern town where the black-and-white separation divides, based on The 1964 Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner. It also starring

Plot

The Mississippi Burning was established in 1964 when three civil rights workers were murdered by members of Ku Klux Klan in a small town. Two FBI agents, Willem Dafoe played Ward, he is an enthusiastic Harvard University graduate who held high positions in the Robert Kennedy Department of Justice. This reliable agent hopes to attract the attention of killers by making the city a target of national media attention. Gene Hackman performed at an active Oscar awards ceremony, playing the former Mississippi State Senator Anderson, his charm has won the trust of the deputy sheriff's dissatisfied wife. He claimed that her evidence holds the key to what actually happened to the three civil rights workers.

Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe in Mississippi Burning

Controversy

The film describes the way blacks were lynched, beaten and their houses and churches burned during the Civil War.[1] It also shows many appalling (and roughly accurate) incidents of racist violence, and its narrative focuses on the significance of racial politics to white people.[2]

Pro

It also showed that FBI agents restrained and took legal proceedings under Anderson's instructions in order to identify the killer. This makes them as brutal and humane as their racist opponents. Mississippi Burning tried to illustrate a barbaric justice that has penetrated into American history but runs counter to the value of human rights and personal freedom.[3]

Roger Ebert give this one 4 stars out of 5 And I have never seen other movies that capture the look, feel, and smell of racism so powerfully. In this movie, we can feel their hatred of racists, how to replace other entertainment methods, and how to make up for their sense of worthlessness. When the back of racism is broken, we can feel something freely breaking free and fresh air pouring in.[4]

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