Product Description
In 1964, a mob of Klansmen murdered three civil rights workers in the small Mississippi county of Neshoba - the infamous Mississippi Burning murders. The young men, two Jews from New York and an African-American from Mississippi, were in the Deep South helping to register African-American voters during what came to be known as the Freedom Summer. Although the killers bragged about what they did, it took the State 40 years to indict the mastermind, Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old Baptist preacher and notorious racist. Neshoba tells the story of these three American heroes and the long struggle to bring their killers to justice, in a place that is still dealing with the legacy of a violent and racist past.
Review
This film is a document of hope, progress and idealism but also a reminder. --A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Their legacy is our heritage. --President Barack Obama
A film about fiery passions and murderous deeds that is disturbing in ways that go beyond what might be expected. --Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Director : Micki Dickoff, Tony Pagano
- Media Format : Color, Multiple Formats, Widescreen, Full Screen, NTSC
- Run time : 1 hour and 27 minutes
- Release date : January 18, 2011
- Actors : Edgar Ray Killen, Fannie Lee Chaney, Carolyn Goodman, Rita Schwerner Bender
- Studio : First Run Features
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
