The murder of Emmett Till [videorecording] / WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; written by Marcia Smith.
2004
HV6465.M7 M87 2004
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Title
The murder of Emmett Till [videorecording] / WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; written by Marcia Smith.
Uniform Title
American experience (Television program)
Edition
Full screen version.
ISBN
079369552X
9780793695522
9780793695522
Publication Details
Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video, c2004.
Language
English
Language Note
Closed-captioned.
Description
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Item Number
841887000536
Call Number
HV6465.M7 M87 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.15/23/09762
Distributor No.
AMER6506 PBS Home Video
Summary
The 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.
Note
Originally broadcast in 2003 as part of the television series The American experience.
Narrator, Andre Braugher.
Narrator, Andre Braugher.
Credits
Cinematographer, Robert Shepard ; edited by Lewis Erskine ; narrator, Andre Braugher ; composer, Tom Phillips.
System Details Note
DVD; NTSC 1; English Dolby surround stereo.
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