interesting film about a real tragedy and which take place in mississippi in 1964. three young guy and include a black man and be kill by kkk . two fbi come to the village and where this happen and investigate the case it be just an example of what be go on there . the best of the film be the acting of the whole group of actor and actress lead by gene hackman and willem dafoe and the latter a a generous fbi detective instead of be a villain a usual . the film leave no doubt that kkk be ( or be ) a terrorist organization with a complete lack of human feeling and only with the obsession to kill black people and to reduce it population and denigrate it any way . i hear someone in italian tv say that alan parker direct wrong film and but this one be not the case .