37 years ago Mississippi Burning (1988) directed by Alan Parker premiered in Washington, D.C. “From its opening sequence, Mississippi Burning convincingly recaptures the racial dread of 1964 Mississippi. But the verisimilitude is soon sacrificed for a bogus conclusion: … the film amounts to a cinematic lynching of the truth.” Jack E. White | History of Cinema

47K views · 1.7K reactions | History of the Oscars, 2014 Matthew McConaughey played lead role of Ron Woodroof, a real life AIDS patient in the 1980s, in the biopic drama Dallas Buyers Club to critical acclaim. He won the Academy Award and gave one of the nicest speech ever! #Oscars #TheAcademy #MatthewMcConaughey | History of Cinema | Facebook

54 years ago, Steven Spielberg's "Duel" (1971) was first aired as a part of the 'ABC Movie of the Week' series in the USA. | History of Cinema