The untold story of Emmett Louis Till [videorecording] / a Till Freedom Come production ; produced and directed by Keith A. Beauchamp ; co-producer, Yolande Geralds.
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FilmPublication details: [New York] : Thinkfilm, [2005].Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 70 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): LOC classification: - E185.93
- Edited by David Dessel ; music by Jim Papoulis ; directors of photography, Rondrick Cowins, Scott Marshall, Sikay Tang.
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Africa University Main Library | E185.93 BEA 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 000084136015 |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Special features: director's commentary with Keith A. Beauchamp ; the Harvard Civil Rights Project ; featurette "The Impact of the Emmett Till Case in American History and Today" ; trailer gallery.
Edited by David Dessel ; music by Jim Papoulis ; directors of photography, Rondrick Cowins, Scott Marshall, Sikay Tang.
This 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 reopening of the case by the Justice Department.
DVD.
Closed-captioned.
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