Mississippi Burning

Movie • 1988 • Crime  

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Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
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Does the dog die?
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Chelsea Medaglia
A barn is intentionally set on fire with several animals inside. It shows the barn burning while you hear the cows mooing from inside. The owner unsuccessfully tries to get them out. The following day they show the cows' charred carcasses.
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Unanswered Triggers
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there bestiality?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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flyingtheme
Hard to define as stalking, an FBI agent continuously follows up with the wife of the Deputy to disprove his alibi; solely for the job
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Verity.williams
I fish is seen being gutted and then it shows a basket of dead fish it’s a bit unpleasant
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Dolorhaze
Not on screen but three or four men enter a house to severely hurt the woman inside so it's strongly implied
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Bodily Harm
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flyingtheme
Multiple scenes in a barber shop, FBI agent uses a straight razor and cuts the face of the Deputy.
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An attempted hanging at a barn, not sure if the man passes away but he is shown onscreen for an extended period of time struggling.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is there a hanging?
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Misiek1997
The main character literally grabs a hostile man by the balls as a method of intimidation
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Is someone tortured?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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flyingtheme
People of Color are abducted by the KKK throughout the film
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Fear
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flyingtheme
Biggest one is a brick getting thrown through the front window of a character named Lester
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Are there clowns?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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KimmyConley
one of the detectives vomits in the river after the bodies are found in the red clay
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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The whole story is basically a good-cop-bad-cop routine rolled up into a white saviour complex.
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Medical
Does someone have cancer?
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flyingtheme
Mayor Tilman does
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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Prejudice
Are there usages of the n-word?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Is there gun violence?
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