| Description |
1 DVD (approximately 70 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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Dolby |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, NTSC. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. |
| Credits |
Edited by David Dessel ; music by Jim Papoulis ; directors of photography, Rondrick Cowins, Scott Marshall, Sikay Tang. |
| Note |
Documentary. |
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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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: PG. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
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Till, Emmett, 1941-1955. |
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African American teenage boys.
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African American teenage boys. |
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United States -- History -- 1953-1961.
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1953-1961 |
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Mississippi -- Race relations.
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Mississippi. |
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Race relations. |
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African Americans -- Crimes against -- History -- Mississippi -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Crimes against. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Beauchamp, Keith A.
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Till Freedom Come Productions.
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Thinkfilm (Firm)
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Deluxe Media management.
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| Note |
Title on disc label: Untold story of Emmette [sic] Louis Till |
| Music No. |
50177441 Thinkfilm |
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