Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of Byron De La Beckwith (Woods), the assassin of the 1960s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in hung juries. The movie then covers District Attorney, Bobby De Laughter’s (Baldwin) transformation and alliance with Myrlie Evers (Goldberg), the widow of Medgar Evers, as he becomes more involved with bringing Beckwith to trial for the third time 30 years later. Some of the characters are played by the actual participants in this story.
Release Date: 3 January 1997Runtime: 130 min
Stars:
- Alec Baldwin
- Alexa PenaVega
- Ben Bennett
- Craig T. Nelson
- Darrell Evers
- James Van Evers
- James Woods
- Jerry Levine
- Joseph Tello
- Lucas Black
- Susanna Thompson
- Virginia Madsen
- Whoopi Goldberg
- William H. Macy
- Yolanda King
Director: Rob Reiner
