British distributors Second Sight Films will release on Blu-ray director Alan Parker's
Mississippi Burning (1988), starring Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, and Frances McDormand. The release will be available for purchase on September 14.
In 1989,
Mississippi Burning won Oscar Award for Best Cinematography (Peter Biziou).
Synopsis: A fictionalised version of the events surrounding the Ku Klux Klan's murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964. Anderson and Ward (Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe) are the FBI men sent to investigate the case. What they find is a tangled web of intimidation and silence, with no one willing to speak about the events for fear of Klan reprisals. The supporting cast features Brad Dourif as a local lawman and Frances McDormand in an Oscar-nominated performance as his wife.
Special Features:
- Through The Storm - An interview with Director Alan Parker
- Remembering Mississippi Burning - An interview with actor Willem Dafoe
- Under Siege - an interview with writer Chris Gerolmo