The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till

 

Documentary Feature
ThinkFilm, Inc.; Directed by Keith and Kevin Beauchamp
Not Rated; 70 minutes; 2005

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In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was taken from his uncle's house in Mississippi, beaten beyond recognition, tortured, murdered, and thrown into the Tallahatchie River, all for supposedly whistling at a white woman. His attackers were acquitted in under an hour by an all-white jury. To show the brutality of the attack, his mother insisted on an open-casket funeral, which produced so much outrage that it became a touchstone event in the American Civil Rights Movement. Due to the efforts of this film's directors, this case has been reopened with new testimony against the five attackers who are still alive and subject to prosecution.

 
 

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