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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Is there excessive gore?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Are there fat jokes?
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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 woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Does a dragon die?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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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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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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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Is someone burned alive?
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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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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 there a hanging?
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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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Death
Does someone die?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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People of Color are abducted by the KKK throughout the film
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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 razors?
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one of the detectives vomits in the river after the bodies are found in the red clay
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Law Enforcement
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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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Mayor Tilman does
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Sex
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