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DVD, 2013
Current format, DVD, 2013, 25th anniversary edition, widescreen version, All copies in use.
DVD, 2013
Current format, DVD, 2013, 25th anniversary edition, widescreen version, All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formats
Set in Mississippi in 1964, this controversial film is based on the true story of the case of three young civil rights workers (in real life they were named James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner) who were brutally murdered in June of 1964. The chaotic aftermath was dubbed Mississippi Burning. This movie is told from the perspective of the FBI's operations to uncover evidence and bring the killers to justice. Anger over the real incident prompted the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act in 1965.
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