The murder of Emmett Till
(DVD)
Contributors
Nelson, Stanley, production personnel,
Smith, Marcia, screenwriter.
Braugher, Andre, narrator.
Shepard, Robert.
Erskine, Lewis.
Smith, Marcia, screenwriter.
Braugher, Andre, narrator.
Shepard, Robert.
Erskine, Lewis.
Published
Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation ;, [2003].
Format
DVD
ISBN
0780645782
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
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Published
Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation ;, [2003].
Language
English
ISBN
0780645782
UPC
794054899627
Notes
General Note
Originally broadcast as part of the television series The American experience.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematographer, Robert Shepard ; editor, Lewis Erskine ; composer, Tom Phillips ; coordinating producer, Laurens Grant ; assistance producer, Amilca Palmer ; sound supervisor, Rena C. Kosersky.
Participants/Performers
Narrator, Andre Braugher.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD.
Language
Closed-captioned.
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Media - Video | DVD 364.1523 MUR | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American teenage boys -- Mississippi -- Biography.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Documentary films.
Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Mississippi -- Race relations.
Racism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955.
Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Documentary films.
Lynching -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Mississippi -- Race relations.
Racism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955.
Trials (Murder) -- Mississippi.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nelson, S., Smith, M., Braugher, A., Shepard, R., Erskine, L., Phillips, T., Grant, L., Palmer, A., & Kosersky, R. C. (2003). The murder of Emmett Till . WGBH Educational Foundation ;.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stanley, Nelson et al.. 2003. The Murder of Emmett Till. WGBH Educational Foundation.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stanley, Nelson et al.. The Murder of Emmett Till WGBH Educational Foundation, 2003.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nelson, Stanley,, et al. The Murder of Emmett Till WGBH Educational Foundation ;, 2003.
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