Power Corrupts

"Mississippi Burning is a racial fight for freedom and justice" writes reporter Navjit Kang. "Mississippi Burning" takes place during 1964 at the heart of the civil rights movement. It deals with the racial bigotry in Jessep County, Mississippi. Two FBI agents, Anderson (Gene Hackman) and Ward (Willem Dafoe) investigate the mystery murder of three civil rights workers by breaching the conspiracy of silence in a small southern town of Mississippi where segregation divides black and white. …

…workers and of the blacks that came to an end during the struggle of the civil rights movement in the sixties. In conclusion, power corrupts. "Mississippi Burning" is an excellent representation of how an unbalance of power may heavily influence on society and create corruption. This film has been a journey of disempowerment to empowerment for the black community and the FBI agents and a journey of empowerment to disempowerment for the racist white communities.