Ghosts of Mississippi
Also known as The Ghosts of the Past, Ghosts of the Past
1996 film by Rob Reiner
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6.6A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
Released: 1996-12-20130 minDir: Rob ReinerDrama, HistoryBudget: $30.0MBox office: $13.3M
Cast
- Alec Baldwin as Bobby DeLaughter
- Whoopi Goldberg as Myrlie Evers
- James Woods as Byron De La Beckwith
- Craig T. Nelson as Ed Peters
- Susanna Thompson as Peggy Lloyd
- Lucas Black as Burt DeLaughter
Themes
- assassin
- widow
- civil rights
- racist
- trial
- racism
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Categories
1990s legal drama films1996 American films1996 drama films1996 English-language films1996 filmsAfrican-American biographical dramasAmerican courtroom filmsAmerican films based on actual eventsAmerican legal drama filmsCastle Rock Entertainment filmsCivil rights movement in filmColumbia Pictures films