The untold story of Emmett Louis Till
DVD - 2005
The film that helped reopen one of history's most notorious cold case civil rights murders is the result of the director's 10-year journey to uncover the truth. In August, 1955, Mamie Till-Mobley of Chicago sent her only child, Emmett Louis Till, to visit relatives in the Mississippi Delta. Little did she know that only 8 days later, Emmett would be abducted from his Great-Uncle's home, brutally beaten and murdered for one of the oldest Southern taboos : whistling at a white woman in public. It was Beauchamp's nine years of investigation, summarized in the film, that was primarily responsible for the Justice Department reopening the case.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Published
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[New York] :
Thinkfilm
[2005].
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
- Item Description
- Documentary.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Special features: director's commentary with Keith A. Beauchamp ; the Harvard Civil Rights Project ; "The Impact of the Emmett Till Case in American History and Today" ; trailer gallery. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD)(ca. 70 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, NTSC.
- Audience
- MPAA Rating: PG.
- Production Credits
- Edited by David Dessel ; music by Jim Papoulis ; directors of photography, Rondrick Cowins, Scott Marshall, Sikay Tang.
