Mississippi Burning [1988 film]

by Alan Parker (Director), Chris Gerolmo (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Willem Dafoe, Gene Hackman, Trevor Jones (Composer), Frances McDormand

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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.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Parker, Alan	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Gerolmo, Chris	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Dafoe, Willem	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hackman, Gene	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jones, Trevor	Composer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McDormand, Frances	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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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.

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