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Title:
Ghosts of Mississippi [digital video].
Publication Date:
1996
2021
Publication Information:
Warner Bros., 1996.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2021.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (131 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Abstract:
In 1963 civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered in his owndriveway. For 30 years his assassin has remained free. Alec Baldwinstars as a dedicated young trial lawyer, and Whoopi Goldberg stars asthe widow of renowned civil rights leader Medgar Evers in the truemurder story GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI. On June 12, 1963, an assassin'sbullet kills Medgar Evers. But nearly 31 years pass before his killerfaces justice when Attorney Bobby DeLaughter (Baldwin--The Juror, TheShadow) risks his career and his marriage to reopen a case nobodybelieves he can win. And though her goal has seemed hopeless, MyrlieEvers (Academy Award winner Goldberg--Ghost, The Color Purple) remainsundaunted in her decades-long quest for a murder conviction againstByron De La Beckwith (James Woods--Casino, Nixon), her husband's killer.Together, Evers and DeLaughter beat the odds and rewrite history.
General Note:
Title from title frames.
Film
Performers:
Alec Baldwin, Craig T. Nelson, James Woods, Lucas Black, Susanna Thompson, Whoopi Goldberg
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Genre:
Language:
English
Electronic Access:
A Kanopy streaming video Access immediately on Kanopy
