
Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Writer
- Chris Gerolmo
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $15,000,000
Cast
Badja Djola
Brad Dourif
Frances McDormand
Gailard Sartain
Gene Hackman
Michael Rooker
Pruitt Taylor Vince
R. Lee Ermey
Stephen Tobolowsky
Willem Dafoe
Keywords
based on true story
burning cross
callous
compassionate
deputy sheriff
disheartening
dramatic
empathetic
fbi
funeral
harsh
ku klux klan
mississippi river
motel
murder
police
racism
rope
sheriff
shotgun
suicide
tragic
u.s. navy
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