“THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR. Told with both legal precision and heart-crushing empathy.” – New York Magazine “A lean harrowing inquisition into a murder that catalyzed the civil rights movement, is an incendiary documentary!” – Stephen Holden, The New York Times “DON’T MISS! Devastating” – Time Out NY DIRECTED BY KEITH A. BEAUCHAMP USA, 2004, 70 MINS. THINKFilm Filmsource Information

The murder of Emmett Louis Till, an African-American teenager – and the sham trial that followed in 1955 Mississippi -- helped spark America’s civil rights movement. For allegedly whistling at a white woman in public, Till was tortured, beaten beyond recognition and thrown into the Tallahatchie River. Fifty years later, filmmaker Beauchamp has reconstructed the case and found that responsibility for the murder extends beyond the two good ol’boys who were acquitted by an all-white jury. Beauchamp interviews eyewitnesses whose stories have never been told, and discovers potentially guilty parties still living and liable for prosecution. This is a groundbreaking movie that vividly recalls a nightmarish, though recent era. It has already had a tangible impact: the U.S. Justice Department has reopened this infamous case as a result of the film’s revelations.

Links:

• Official website for the film
• Interview with THE UNTOLD STORY OF EMMETT TILL director Keith Beauchamp
• View trailer:
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  • Windows Media
  • RealPlayer