Never-before-seen testimony is included in this documentary on Emmett Louis Till, who, in 1955, was brutally murdered after he whistled at a white woman.
Direction
Beauchamp spent 9 years collecting this testimony.
Editing
Archival footage builds devastating cumulative power.
Director
Keith Beauchamp
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mamie Till's decision to hold an open-casket funeral — 'Let the people see what they did to my boy' — catalyzed national outrage and is credited with galvanizing the Civil Rights Movement.
Director Keith Beauchamp began investigating at age 10 after seeing the infamous Jet magazine photo; his research helped push the FBI to reopen the case in 2004, nearly 50 years after the murder.
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