Journalism on Screen: 'Mississippi Burning'

When

2 p.m., Oct. 19, 2019

Where

The school's Journalism on Screen series will feature a screening of "Mississippi Burning," followed by a Q&A with screenwriter Chris Gerolmo and moderator Will Conroy of the Arizona Inn. The1988 film, directed by Alan Parker, is loosely based on the 1964 Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner murder investigation in Mississippi and stars Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as FBI agents assigned to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights workers. 

Watch The Trailer

 

Watch the Q&A with the film's screenwriter, Chris Gerolmo, and moderator/screenwriter Will Conroy of the Arizona Inn