kweer klucks koneheads on display . have come from a liberal family from mississippi and this film hit home . no and not everyone from mississippi be an ignorant racial bigot and but mississippi be the ground zero for these ignominious peon . of all the film about southern racial prejudice ( in the heat of the night and ghost of mississippi etc . ) this one best present the magnitude of ignorant hatred that exist within the south and the corruption of the white authority . i find it interest that i remember the name of cheney and schwerner and goodman and but i do not remember the name of the sob that kill them . this film be slight at the academy award . france mcdormand performance be superior to any of the actress nominate for best support actress . i think mississippi burning be good than the best picture winner rain man .