The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (2005)
3.7 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 10min
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- Synopsis:
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 in public. The murderers were soon arrested but later acquitted of murder by an all-white, all-male jury. Keith Beauchamp's groundbreaking film is the result of a 10-year journey to uncover the truth behind the nightmarish murder of an innocent African-American teenager. Emmett's brutal murder - and his family's brave actions in the horrifying aftermath - served as a major impetus for America's civil rights movement and led to Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to make decisions that changed the course of history. - Actors:
- Mamie Till, Wheeler Parker, Simeon Wright, Ruthie Mae Crawford, Al Sharpton, Charles Evers, Raymond Lockett, Roosevelt Crawford, Mose Wright, Roy Bryant, J.W. Milam, Willie Reed, Mary Johnson, H. Clarence Strider, George Smith
- Directors:
- Keith Beauchamp
- Genres:
- Documentary
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