| Description |
1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital stereo. |
| Language |
In English. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Credits |
Camera, Rondrick Cowins, Scott Marshall, Sikay Tang ; edited by David Dessel ; original score by Jim Papoulis. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2005. |
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Special features: optional audio commentary by Beauchamp; "The impact of the Emmett Louis Till case in American history and today" (a panel discussion organized by The Harvard Civil Rights Project, moderated by Andrew Grant-Thomas, with Jenny Lopez, Prof. Charles Ogletree, Prof. Gary Orfield, 26 min.); theatrical trailer. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some disturbing images. |
| Summary |
A biography of Emmett Louis Till, an African-American teenager who was murdered for whistling at a white women in Mississippi in 1955. Chronicles director Beauchamp's decade-long effort to determine the true identities of Till's killers. |
| Subject |
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.
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Victims of hate crimes -- Mississippi -- Videodiscs.
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African Americans -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- Videodiscs.
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DVD-Video discs -- Videodiscs.
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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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| Added Title |
Impact of the Emmett Louis Till case in American history and today.
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| Standard No. |
821575547253 |
| Music No. |
TF-54725 Thinkfilm |
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