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"Mississippi Burning" Is a Step Backward

Film critic Stephen Schiff says the movie turns the story of murdered civil rights workers into a stiff police procedural with a reductionist view of race relations.

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Other segments from the episode on December 15, 1988

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 15, 1988: Interview with Robert Towne; Review of comedy albums by Sam Kinison, Will Durst, and Dennis Miller; Interview with Joseph Hansen; Review of the film …

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