 Nyorera kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Ndira 1989, iyo firimu yakagamuchira mazita mana eGolden Globe Award yeBest Motion Picture Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay uye Best Actor Motion Picture Drama Hackman, kunyangwe yakatadza kuhwina chero mubairo pa46th Golden Globe Awards. Muna February 1989, Mississippi Burning yakasarudzwa nokuda kweZvikomborero zvinomwe zveAcademy, kusanganisira Best Picture, Best Director uye Best Actor; vakwikwidzi vayo vepedyo vakanga vari Rain Man vachitungamira nezvikwereti zvisere, uye Dangerous Liaisons, iyo yakagamuchirawo zvikwereti zvinomwe. Musi waMarch 29, 1989, pa 61st Academy Awards, firimu racho rakawana mubairo mumwe chete pamigove minomwe yavakasarudzirwa, Best Cinematography. Pa 43rd British Academy Film Awards, firimu rakagamuchira mazita mashanu, pakupedzisira kuhwina Best Sound, Best Cinematography uye Best Editing. Muna 2006, iyo firimu yakasarudzwa neAmerican Film Institute ye100 Years... Rondedzero ye100 Cheers. 