Spies of Mississippi (2014)
53 min
Spies of Mississippi tells the story of a secret spy agency formed by the state of Mississippi to preserve segregation and maintain white supremacy. The anti-civil rights organization was hidden in plain sight in an unassuming office in the Mississippi State Capitol. Funded with taxpayer dollars and granted extraordinary latitude to carry out its mission, the Commission evolved from a propaganda machine into a full blown spy operation. How do we know this is true? The Commission itself tells us in more than 146,000 pages of files preserved by the State. This wealth of first person primary historical material guides us through one of the most fascinating and yet little known stories of America's quest for Civil Rights.
- Release date
- February 10, 2014
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Margaret Block as Self - Civil Rights Activist
- R.L. Bolden as Self - Investigator, Day Detective Agency
- Rick Bowers as Self - Author, 'Spies of Mississippi'
- Ralph Eubanks as Self - Mississippi Native
- Ralph Eubanks as Author, 'Ever Is a Long Time'
- Lawrence Guyot as Self - Civil Rights Activist
- Horace H. Harned Jr. as Self - Member, Mississippi Sovereignty Commission
Crew
- Ross Barnett · Archive footage
- Fannie Chaney · Archive footage
- James P. Coleman · Archive footage
- Percy Greene · Archive footage
- Dawn Porter · Director
- Rick Bowers · Writer
- Risa Morimoto · Producer
- Dawn Porter · Producer
- Chris Hilleke · Cinematographer
- Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez · Editor