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The untold story of Emmett Louis Till  Cover Image DVD DVD

The untold story of Emmett Louis Till

Beauchamp, Keith A. (Added Author). Till Freedom Come Productions. (Added Author). Thinkfilm (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: A biography of Emmett Louis Till, an African-American teenager who was murdered for whistling at a white women in Mississippi in 1955. Chronicles director Beauchamp's decade-long effort to determine the true identities of Till's killers.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 70 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
    videodisc
  • Edition: Standard format.
  • Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : Thinkfilm, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2005.
Special features: optional audio commentary by Beauchamp; "The impact of the Emmett Louis Till case in American history and today" (a panel discussion organized by The Harvard Civil Rights Project, moderated by Andrew Grant-Thomas, with Jenny Lopez, Prof. Charles Ogletree, Prof. Gary Orfield, 26 min.); theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Camera, Rondrick Cowins, Scott Marshall, Sikay Tang ; edited by David Dessel ; original score by Jim Papoulis.
Participant or Performer Note: A biography of Emmett Louis Till, an African-American teenager who was murdered for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi in 1955; a chronicle of director Beauchamp's decade-long effort to determine the true identities of Till's killers.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some disturbing images.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital stereo.
Language Note:
In English.
Closed-captioned.
Subject: African Americans Crimes against Mississippi
Victims of hate crimes Mississippi
Till, Emmett 1941-1955
Genre: Films for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at SPARK Libraries.

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Hughes Library DVD 323.1196 UNT (Text) 32378005169885 Adult DVD Available -

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