The untold story of Emmett Louis Till / [ThinkFilm and Til Freedom Come Productions present ; a Keith A. Beauchamp film] ; produced and directed by Keith A. Beauchamp.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Beauchamp, Keith A., director, producer.
• Beauchamp, Kevin, director.
• Papoulis, Jim, composer.
• Till Freedom Come Productions, producer.
• Thinkfilm (Firm), producer, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Death and burial.
• Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
• Lynching--Mississippi--History--20th century.
• Hate crimes--Mississippi--History--20th century.
• African American youth--Crimes against--Mississippi--History--20th century.
• Racism--Mississippi--History--20th century.
• Trials (Murder)--Mississippi.
• Trials (Murder).
• Racism.
• History.
• African American youth--Crimes against.
• African American youth.
• Hate crimes.
• Lynching.
• Mississippi--Race relations.
• Mississippi.
• Race relations.

Genre:

• Biographical films.
• Documentary films.
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Untold story of Emmett Till

Place of Publication:

[New York, NY] : ThinkFilm, [2005]

Language Note:

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

System Details:

• DVD, NTSC, Region 1; stereo.
• digital
• optical
• stereo
• NTSC
• video file
• DVD video
• region 1

Summary:

Explores the murder of a black teenager in Mississippi in 1955 that ignited the civil rights movement. "In August 1955, Mamie Till-Mobley of Chicago sent her only child, 14 year-old 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."--Container.

Credits:

Editor, David Dessel; music, Jim Papoulis.

Notes:

• Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2005.
• Special features: director's commentary; featurette: The impact of the Emmett Till case in American history and today.
• "Digitally mastered."--Container.
• Aspect ratio 1.33:1.

OCLC:

671824850

Publisher Number:

• 821575147255
• TF-14725 ThinkFilm