Ghosts of Mississippi
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Ghosts of Mississippi
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eng
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Ghosts of Mississippi
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Originally produced by Warner Bros. in 1996
Runtime
130
Summary
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
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live action
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