'The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till' brings a brutal case home
by Bob Longino

A testament to the power of film, the emotion-churning documentary "The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till" blazes on screen with white-hot truth. Fifty years ago, Till, an African-American teen from Chicago visiting relatives in the Mississippi Delta, was abducted, tortured and lynched, apparently for whistling at a white woman outside her husband's store in tiny Money, Miss. No one has ever been convicted in his death. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Never-before-seen footage is included in this documentary on Emmett Louis Till, who, in 1955, was brutally murdered after he whistled at a white woman. Information uncovered in the film, along with testimony from Till's mother, helped persuade the U.S. Justice Department to reopen the case.

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'The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till'

Directors: Keith A. Beauchamp, Keith Beauchamp
Run time: 70 minutes
Release date: August 17, 2005
Rating: Not rated

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A-
"... slowly and meticulously digs ever deeper into the disturbing culture that ruled rural Mississippi in 1955."


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