Ghosts of Mississippi
Ghosts of Mississippi
Ghosts of Mississippi is a movie about the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Evers was shot and killed in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 12, 1963. Medgar Evers pulled into his driveway of his Jackson home as he was getting out of his car he was shot in the back by Byron De la Beckwith. Beckwith was a known member of the Ku Klux Klan. Beckwith was 42 years old when he shot Evers, but he was not convicted of the crime until he was 73 years old. Beckwith bragged for 31 years that he had gotten away with killed Evers. This movie stays true to what actually happened in history, it gives accurate accounts of what the Evers family went through, how Byron De la Beckwith got away with the crime for so long, and how they finally brought him to justice.
The night Medgar Evers was shot at his home his wife and kids were inside. “They heard the shots; they got down on the floor and then waited until the shooting stopped. Medgar’s children then ran to the door and shouted for their father to get up, but I knew that Medgar would never get up again.” This is how Medgar’s wife Myrlia Evers describes the events of that horrible night. These events were played out exactly the way they happened in this movie. Another thing that was true to the movie was the fact of finding the gun that Beckwith used to murder Medgar Evers. I always thought that was kind of far stretched, but it was not. The gun was actually found at the home of prosecutor Bobby Delaughter’s father-in-law. It was the finding of the gun and the transcripts from the first trial that played a major role in the conviction of Beckwith. Beckwith got life in prison.
This film was a Drama film, which means it focuses on something that actually happened. The film was made for Historical purposes. The filmmaker’s intention was to tell the story of Medgar Evers and the long path that was taken to convict his killer. Robert Reiner the film director said, “I
Ghosts of Mississippi is a movie about the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Evers was shot and killed in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 12, 1963. Medgar Evers pulled into his driveway of his Jackson home as he was getting out of his car he was shot in the back by Byron De la Beckwith. Beckwith was a known member of the Ku Klux Klan. Beckwith was 42 years old when he shot Evers, but he was not convicted of the crime until he was 73 years old. Beckwith bragged for 31 years that he had gotten away with killed Evers. This movie stays true to what actually happened in history, it gives accurate accounts of what the Evers family went through, how Byron De la Beckwith got away with the crime for so long, and how they finally brought him to justice.
The night Medgar Evers was shot at his home his wife and kids were inside. “They heard the shots; they got down on the floor and then waited until the shooting stopped. Medgar’s children then ran to the door and shouted for their father to get up, but I knew that Medgar would never get up again.” This is how Medgar’s wife Myrlia Evers describes the events of that horrible night. These events were played out exactly the way they happened in this movie. Another thing that was true to the movie was the fact of finding the gun that Beckwith used to murder Medgar Evers. I always thought that was kind of far stretched, but it was not. The gun was actually found at the home of prosecutor Bobby Delaughter’s father-in-law. It was the finding of the gun and the transcripts from the first trial that played a major role in the conviction of Beckwith. Beckwith got life in prison.
This film was a Drama film, which means it focuses on something that actually happened. The film was made for Historical purposes. The filmmaker’s intention was to tell the story of Medgar Evers and the long path that was taken to convict his killer. Robert Reiner the film director said, “I