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Mississippi Burning: The Civil Rights Movement and Freedom Summer

Freedom Summer Project volunteers singing Civil Rights songs while on the Oxford, Ohio campus of Western College for Women for training sessions. (1964, Photo by George Hoxie) [Smith Library of Regional History, Oxford, Ohio; Mississippi Freedom Summer Collection]

Freedom Summer Project volunteers singing Civil Rights songs while on the Oxford, Ohio campus of Western College for Women for training sessions. (1964, Photo by George Hoxie) [Smith Library of Regional History, Oxford, Ohio; Mississippi Freedom Summer Collection]

Mississippi Burning
Online Reviews of the movie Mississippi Burning

A sizeable group of reviews are featured on the Famous American Trials website that features a number of aspects of the Freedom Summer trial.

Jim Emerson has reviewed films for Film Comment, The Los Angeles Times, Premiere, Hollywood Reporter, Daily Variety, Men's Journal, Savvy, many other publications. He founded Jeeem's CinePad in April, 1998.

Roger Ebert is the popular film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. His work has been featured on PBS and other television and cable outlets.

How is the film seen in other countries? This review posted in Empire Magazine in the U.K. will give you an idea.

The Washington Post had two staff writers review the film on December 9, 1988: Desson Howe and Rita Kempley.

efilm critic "Slyder" gave the film Mississippi Burning 4½ stars.

Randy Parker reviews films for the web and has interesting observations.

DVD Journal

And you can check out the Christian Spotlight on the Movies which also includes comments from a viewer.

 

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