The murder of Emmett Till
a Firelight Media Production for American Experience; a production of WGBH, Boston; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson; written by Marcia Smith
- Resource Type:
- Streaming Video
- Publication:
- Alexandria, Va. : PBS Home Video, [2003]
Availability
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- Summary:
- The shameful, sadistic murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a black boy who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, was a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. Although Till's killers were apprehended, they were quickly acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury and proceeded to sell their story to a journalist, providing grisly details of the murder. Three months after Till's body was recovered, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began.
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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- Performers:
- Narrator, Andre Braugher.
- Production Credits:
- Edited by Lewis Erskine ; coordinating producer, Laurens Grant ; assistance producer, Amilca Palmer ; composer, Tom Phillips ; sound supervisor, Rena C. Kosersky ; cinematographer, Robert Shepard.
- General Notes:
- Originally broadcast as part of the television series The American experience.
Sundance Film Festival, 2003: Special Jury Prize, Documentary.
Streaming Media
Video On Demand
Digital format: Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Digital format: Electronic reproduction. Denton, Texas : UNT Media Library, 2007. Digitized and made available by PBS. - Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 60 min.)) : sound, color
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file
- Call Numbers:
- Online Video
- ISBNs:
- 0780642031
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 794054882230
- OCLC Numbers:
- 1053032705
