Mississippi burning [videorecording] / an Orion Pictures release ; producers, Frederick Zollo and Robert F. Colesberry ; writer, Chris Gerolmo ; director, Alan Parker.
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001]
ISBN: 0792849493
9780792849490
Description: 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: Contemporary classics
Subject(s): Civil rights movements United States Drama.
Civil rights workers Mississippi Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Credits: Director of photography, Peter Biziou ; editor, Gerry Hambling ; music, Trevor Jones ; production designers, Philip Harrison, Geoffrey Kirkland.
Performers: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R.
Notes: English, French or Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.
Summary: Set in Mississippi in 1964, this is a fictionalized version of the case of the murder of three young civil rights workers, the FBI's attempts to find the missing boys and the clash between the authorities and the locals in a Klan-dominated town.
