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Misissippi burning review

Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning takes place exactly where the title says, Mississippi. The year is 1964 in a small country town named Jessup. Since it’s the South, blacks are treated like they are a step below the normal man. This entire film is about a missing person case that two FBI agents come to investigate. They get swept up in something much bigger than what they came for.
When three civil rights representatives, two whites and a black boy, come into town and set up a voting both, the white town’s folk burn it down. The three kids are driving away when they find out they are being followed. After a few rear endings they turn down a side road, and the car behind turns on its lights. It was a cop car along with two other trucks. The boys stop and the Deputy, Clinton Pell, and the sheriff Mr. Stucking, come up to them and spoke first. Another man, Frank Baily, comes to the window. He is a very scary and strong looking man who hates blacks. He mouths o...

Posted by: Tricia F. Doyle

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