Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
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Mississippi Burning was released in 1988 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 610 reviews, giving Mississippi Burning (1988) an average rating of 78%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 84%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 65%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Mississippi Burning than critics were.
With a score of 78%, Mississippi Burning is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1988, which stands at 57%.
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