Product Details

• Actors: Tom Hulce, Jennifer Grey, Blair Underwood, CCH Pounder, Andre Braugher
• Directors: Roger Young
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: January 15, 2008
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000WMA73G
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,597 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI - DVD Movie

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45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Blunt Portrayal of A Violent Period in Our History, June 24, 2009

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C. W. Emblom "Bill Emblom" (Ishpeming, Michigan USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Murder in Mississippi (DVD)

I have waited some time for this movie to appear on DVD since I first saw it on television several years ago. This movie, rather than Mississippi Burning, does the best job treating the murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964. This DVD illustrates the difficulties encountered by those who attempted to register blacks to vote in Mississippi during the racial strife that took place during the 1960s and eventually led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 through the efforts of President Lyndon Johnson. This movie can be shown in schools to students too young to appreciate what took place during that violent decade. Mississippi Burning has too much profanity to use in schools, and I believe Murder in Mississippi does a better job of covering this unnecessary tragedy anyway. America's history is not always lily-white, and this movie will show that even though great strides have been made much progress still needs to be made.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Murder of Civil Rights Workers, July 25, 2008

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Denzil Minyard "denlee42" (Parkville, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Murder in Mississippi (DVD)

This is a very powerful story. I graduated from college in May, 1964, and was keenly aware of the brutal struggles endured by African Americans in Mississippi. This was a murder case in which the perpetrators killed with no remorse. It is impossible for me (as a white man) to imagine what it would have been like to be black and live in Mississippi during that time. This was happening in other states as well. It is a shame the killers were not convicted of capital murder. No criminal jury in Mississippi would have convicted the killers of murder. I suppose violation of the victims' civil rights was better than no justice at all. I recommend this film and another, Mississippi Burning.

26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars thanks for finally putting this on dvd!, October 28, 2007

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K. Lavelle (Des Moines, IA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Murder in Mississippi (DVD)

I have used an increasingly deteriorating videotape of the original broadcast on lifetime in my classroom for years, I'm glad that this film has finally gotten the recognition of a proper DVD release. Not only does this film dramatize an important and terrible event in the civil rights movement in the 1960s, it is a well acted and interesting film. This is a great teaching tool for college students because the 3 civil rights workers are the age of most traditional college students.