| Mississippi Cold Case | |
|---|---|
| Written by | David Ridgen |
| Directed by | David Ridgen |
| Theme music composer | Johnny Cash The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band Elmo Williams and Hezekiah Early |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | David Ridgen |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC |
| Release | February 11, 2007 |
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Mississippi Cold Case is a 2007 feature documentary produced by David Ridgen of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation about the Ku Klux Klan murders of two 19-year-old black men, Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, in Southwest Mississippi in May 1964 during the Civil Rights Movement and Freedom Summer. It also explores the 21st-century quest for justice by the brother of Moore. The documentary won numerous awards as a documentary and for its investigative journalism.
As a result of the documentary and related investigations, state and federal officials re-opened the case, prosecuting James Ford Seale of Franklin County for the kidnappings and deaths. He was convicted in 2007 in federal court and sentenced to three life terms. Families of Dee and Moore filed a civil suit in 2008 for damages against Franklin County, Mississippi, charging that its law enforcement officials had been complicit in these events. The county settled the suit with the plaintiffs in 2010 for an undisclosed amount.