The overlooked thriller from the late Gene Hackman's rich filmography makes its way onto a new streaming platform.

Think “Mississippi Burning” (1988), a highly entertaining movie that finds two of J. Edgar Hoover’s white FBI agents (Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe) coming to save the day after three civil ...

They later became the subject of the movie "Mississippi Burning." The previously sealed materials - dating from 1964 to 2007 - were transferred to the Mississippi Department of Archives and ...

Hackman starred in a number of movies tied to Mississippi, most notably, "Mississippi Burning," based on the murders of civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner ...

Finally, another review gushed: "Probably one of the most compelling movies ever made ... This film is near by perfect." Alongside Mississippi Burning, fans can also enjoy a collection of ...

READ: 10 movies you didn’t know were filmed in ... Hackman discussed the racism and brutality depicted in “Mississippi Burning,” noting the younger audience who saw it might be appalled ...

The movie is frequently cited as one of the ... Hackman earned his fourth Oscar nomination for 1989’s Mississippi Burning. He and co-star Willem Dafoe played FBI agents assigned to investigate ...

Flip through the slideshow below for 20 essential movies set in the American South, from comedies like "Steel Magnolias" to more serious, hard-hitting films like "Mississippi Burning" and "To Kill ...

He won Oscars for The French Connection (1971) and Unforgiven (1992) and was Oscar-nominated for roles in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and Mississippi Burning (1988).