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sheriff's office when Dafoe
politely asks for the sheriff
and is rebuffed while Ander-
son uses threats and obtains
results.
Local Klan members
threaten anyone who dares to
talk to the FBI and continual-
ly resort to burning down
black homes and churches.
This diplay of physical
violence teeters on the edge of
"overburn" as the screen is
engulfed in flames for too
many moments during the
film.
By focusing on this FBI in-
vestigation the film contains
elements of a classic detective
story. The onslaught of FBI
officers into a lake in their
suits and ties and among the
informally dressed local
population is laughable. But
what distinguishes this film
from a 'who done it' story is
this intense political
backdrop of the civil rights
struggle and the two main
characters' views on the
racist practices. In addition,
Alan Parker's artful direction
adds to the suspense and
political power of the film.
Hackman displays his great
character-acting abilities in
this juicy role of having to
make more dramatic progress
in his thinking as the native
southerner. Dafoe's character
explores the deeper moral
issues as his dialogue brings
into play how the local white
townspeople perpetuated the
crimes by either joining in
with the violence against
blacks or cntinuing a con-
spiracy of silence about who
was committing the crimes.
Dafoe continues to show
enormous acting talent on
the screen. His most recent
roles in Platoon and The Last
Temptation of Christ pit him
continually battling the
forces of good versus evil. He
displays much versatility in
each role. His next lead role
will be playing a Greek
Jewish boxer at Auschwitz in
a film entitled Triumph,
which will be directed by
Robert Young.
Mississippi Burning joins
the genre of Hollywood
movies, like Cry Freedom and
A World Apart, which focus
centrally on whites' growing
awareness of apartheid. But
these two films on South
Africa at least have a cor-
responding parallel story
about the black activists. In
Mississippi Burning, however,
the portrayals of blacks, ex-
cept for a. few brief scenes
with one young boy and
preacher, are as the victims of
the day. What is missing from
the film is a more honest
depiction of the local black
community leaders and
citizens who courageously
developed the local strategy
and implemented the voter
registration movement. We
wish that Hollywood would
finance the making of this
story of the civil rights
workers and times.
The drama of Mississippi
Burning will hopefully in-
spire the audience to read
books on the civil rights
movement. Incredible pro-
gress has been made in the
South. One of the towns
where the movie was filmed
now has a black sheriff and
the present governor of
Mississippi, Roy Mabus,
hosted a lunch for the makers
of the film.
Mississippi Burning is an
important film to be seen for
members of both the Jewish
and black communities as
relations have been strained
between these two minorities.
We need to remember the
times we were engulfed
together in the civil rights
movement and attempt to
build up the strong alliances
of the past. We owe it to the
memory of the three slain
civil rights workers.
mml LOCAL NEWS
Essay Contest
Deadline Nears
American Arabic and
Jewish Friends Scholarship
Award announces the
deadline has been extended
from today to Feb. 15.
Contestants should con-
sider the following questions:
What experiences have you
had with Arabs? How did you
feel? What conclusions did
you draw? Should relations
with them be expanded or im-
proved? Would you want rela-
tions to continue as they are?
As an American citizen, what
kind of America do you want
to live in the rest of your life?
Would you prefer respect for
(and from) other groups? Does
this seem impossible as long
as there is suspicion and
discrimination between
groups?
Ten $500 scholarships will
be awarded. For details and
application, see a high school
counselor or call Arnold
Michlin, 626-1570.
The "Friends" group, which
was founded in November
1981, meets every other
month to build bridges be-
tween the Arabic and Jewish
communities in southeast
Michigan. The group is af-
filiated with the Greater
Detroit Interfaith Round
Table of the National Con-
ference of Christians and
Jews.
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