Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning is a 1988 crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker, loosely based on the 1964 investigation into the deaths of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. The film stars Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as two FBI agents who investigate the disappearance of the workers, who are met with hostility by the town's residents and the Ku Klux Klan. The film received seven Academy Award nominations and won for Best Cinematography, but was criticized by activists for its fictionalization of events.learn more on wikipedia