The untold story of Emmett Louis Till
Title
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The untold story of Emmett Louis Till
Publication Information
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[New York] : Thinkfilm, [2005].
Physical Description
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1 videodisc (ca. 70 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note
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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.
Personal Subject
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Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
Subject Term
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African American teenage boys -- Crimes against.
Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Mississippi.
Racism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Hate crimes -- Mississippi.
Geographic Term
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 1953-1961.
Mississippi -- Race relations.
Genre
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Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Summary
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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.
System Details
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DVD, REGION 1, FULL SCREEN (1.33:1) PRESENTATION; DOLBY DIGITAL, NTSC.
Language Note
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CLOSED-CAPTIONED.
Library | Call Number | Status |
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R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | DVD 323.1196 UNT | Nonfiction DVDs |