In the 1990s, the family of a murdered man fights to reopen the case from thirty years before. Medgar evers was a civil rights activist, and it's pretty well known that he was hated by local white supremacist de la beckwith. Whoopi plays evers' widow, who is determined to get justice done. But of course, evidence is missing. Files are mysteriously lost. Half the witnesses are dead. And this takes place in jackson mississippi. Fighting huge odds, myrlie fights and pushes to keep the court case going against de la beckwith. Some pretty big names in this one (baldwin, woods). Good stuff. Great performances by the actors. Interesting that evers' actual sons appear in the film, and his widow myrlie is listed as "consultant". Directed by rob reiner, who directed so many great films. I'm not an attorney, but it seems to me that there were a couple minor procedural issues that they kind of breezed right over, but maybe they were too insignificant to matter. It's mostly very well done and believable, as it is based on a true story. This film was nominated for james wood, and for best make-up. Reiner had been nominated for "a few good men".
Review of Ghosts of Mississippi
