This film ought to be shown in history class.
I was fortunately enough to witness this film at an age where critical thinking will shape my understanding of fellow mankinds for eternality
Others should also have such oppertunity
There is no escaping reason, no denying purpose. To deny history is to deny the very meaning of our existence.
We actually DID watch this movie in History class last week. We're studying the 60's-70's right now in America. It is an intense movie, so we had to have permission slips signed so the teacher wouldn't get in trouble. But I'm glad I saw that movie, quite powerful and meaningful.
shareAs a British National, this movie is my all time fav and believe me I have seen a few.
Not just because of the mature and stalwart acting of messers Defoe and Hackman, but as a reminder that these things still go on.
I love movies based on true stories and this one was the tops.
I am not questioning whether the FBI was right or wrong in their commitment in real life. Based on true life, doesn't mean it is real life.
But as it stands, a very powerful movie and I wish more would follow.
You guys can argue the toss all day about the FBI. As an outside, it still holds as a must see movie for the whole world and very highly thought of over here :-)
Cheers
Davey
They showed this film in my History class last year.
shareBtw, Frankkael is a Fink. Don't listen to him, chaos. Though I guess you already know this.
shareShow Mississippi Burning in history class? NO WAY!! While the film has good intentions, it never the less suffers from a anti-Southern bias to the point of defamation. Also, the way blacks are portrayed is somewhat racist. The civil rights movement was the bandwagon of intelligent and brave black Southerners which were nowhere to be found in the film. One might claim the FBI agent who threatens to castrate the town's mayor as an intelligent black character, however that element like the rest of the film is pure fiction.
shareI completely agree. The only responsible way to show a film like this would be to show a film like Boyz in the Hood on the next day. Both have a great message, but both are lopsided as hell. I'm from the south and I see much more reverse discrimination than the old fashioned sort. I think these are good learning tools for those of us who didn't grow up sheltered, but for those who did these movies could ruin any opinion they could have formed up to that point.
share// While the film has good intentions, it never the less suffers from a anti-Southern bias to the point of defamation. //
Yeah. Because Mississippi in 1964 wasn't AT ALL racist. Please. Stating the facts: that Mississippi in 1964 was an incredibly, incredibly racist place, is not defamtion or Anti-Southern, honey.
It's called history. Fact. History. Say it out loud. See how it sounds.
This film is shown in History Classes at the high school I attend.
shareI was shown this in my history class last week, in Scotland it's a 18 certificate and i'm 15 so my teacher was allowed to show us it but had to fast-forward the bit where the black man was lynched and the poor black lady was raped etc. I think it's good since it's historically correct and helps us with our topic on race relations on the USA.
shareYeah, we just finished watching it in mine...we have to do questions on it now...speaking of---what was the town that anderson was from? thurston?
shareI dont´t think think that this film should be shown in any history class. In a social/humanitarian studies class (if such a thing exists) perhaps, because I do think the film has a strong and important message. But any relation most feature films have with real history is purely coincidental.
p.s That´s not to say many of the history books are any better.
I saw it in a Psychology class when I was in high school. We had to get permission slips signed because we watched this and other R rated movies. The only other one I can remember us watching is Schindler's List. It's been awhile since I've been in high school. I really enjoyed this movie, though, and it really made me think. I was sure it wasn't 100% historically accurate. Movies usually aren't, but I'm sure a lot of it is accurate. It really made me sick that people could act like this and get away with it, and that some of them were policemen, too.
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