Mississippi Burning is a film about racism and prejudice expressed towards colored people in the southern United States. This movie is centered around two FBI agents going to Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of three college protesters fighting for the rights of African Americans. This movie is visually astonishing by the director making specific choices in the film, so it is further effective for the audience. In the film Mississippi Burning the music, lighting, and …showed first 75 words of 853 total…

…showed last 75 words of 853 total…movement add to the movies theme and mood. Music is used most effectively in the movie because it makes the audience feel grief for the families that are being terrorized, while yet feeling in a hopeless situation. In this picture, the director chose to make specific choices making this film very effective for the audience by creating tremendous amounts of suspense while still showing the disgraceful way blacks were treated in the southern Unites States.