Asesinato en Mississippi (1990)
En la noche del 21 al 22 de junio de 1964, tres activistas pro derechos civiles, James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman y Michael Schwerner, fueron amenazados, agredidos, asesinados y, finalmente, enterrados por miembros del KKK y de la oficina del sheriff del Condado de Neshoba, Mississippi. Tras una ardua investigación y la gran repercusión que tuvo en los diferentes medios de comunicación, los cadáveres fueron hallados, al cabo de 44 días, en un terraplén cercano al lugar del crimen. El asesinato conmocionó al país a nivel nacional y fue el detonante de la Ley por los Derechos Civiles de 1964 y la Ley de Derecho al Voto de 1965. En Mississippi, la población afroamericana y otras minorías, al igual que durante el gobierno confederado, vivían bajo la segregación racial y las leyes de Jim Crow, que fueron abolidas tras la Constitución de 1890. El FBI se refirió al caso como "Mississippi en llamas" o "Arde Mississippi" (Mississippi Burning).
Directora: Roger Young
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Tom Hulce as Mickey Schwerner |
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Jennifer Grey as Rita Schwerner |
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Blair Underwood as James Chaney |
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CCH Pounder as Fannie Lee Chaney |
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Andre Braugher as Dennis |
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Josh Charles as Andrew Goodman |
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Walton Goggins as Lyle |
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Greg Kinnear as Newsreporter |
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John Dennis Johnston as Hatchet-Faced Man |
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Donzaleigh Abernathy as Sue |
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Royce D. Applegate as Deputy Winter |
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Harry Caesar as Hollis Watkins |
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Lou Walker as Emmett White |
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Scott Lawrence as Matt Suarez |
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Eugene Byrd as Ben Jr. |
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J. Don Ferguson as Ronald Allred |
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Jill Jane Clements as Ida Flowers |
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Thom Gossom Jr. as Charlie Parham (as Thom Gossom) |
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Bill Coates as Rev. Jenkins |
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Ted Manson as Wilbur Combs |
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Tanzia Franks as Barbara Chaney |
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Afemo Omilami as Bob Moses |
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Ray McKinnon as Lyle's Father |
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Muriel Moore as Betty Combs |
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Tom Nowicki as Sam |
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Elizabeth Omilami as Charlie's Wife |
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Billy Ray Reynolds as Klansman #2 |
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Judson Vaughn as Klansman #3 |
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Joan Riordan as Older White Woman |
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P.J. Shinall as Woman Heckler |
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Charlotte Walker as Older Black Woman |
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Alonzo Ward as Barber |
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Cavanaugh Yelling as Older Black Man |
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L. Warren Young as Sharecropper |
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Daryl Wilcher as Reggie (uncredited) |
| Directing | Roger Young | Director |
| Writing | Stanley Weiser | Writer |
| Writing | Ben Stein | Original Concept |
| Sound | Mason Daring | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Donald M. Morgan | Director of Photography |
