Powerful piece of cinema

Rating: 8/10 (6 September 2003)

I cannot pretend I can even slightly understand how African Americans must have felt (and sadly still feel) during such oppressions but I can only say how deeply I am disturbed at how utterly disgusting, pathetic, idiotic and unbelievably horrible "white" "men" and "women" were(and sadly still are). "Mississippi Burning" tries to show us a part of such sad times when black(I apologize for the primitive term) people were treated with immense hatred and differences. Gene Hackman in one of his better roles and Willem Dafoe doubly so try to uncover the mystery behind a murder of three activists and as they go along they realize that a big part of the town shares its views with the KKK, especially the people in high places. Understanding the hatred of these primitive people is truly beyond me and if there's one thing this movie does is show how terribly limited and stupid they are. Great directing, great performances all around and a terrible feeling of sadness and joy in the end.8/10