The Untold Story of EMMETT LUIS TILL Documentary 2005 by Keith Beauchamp

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Like the page Mamie Till Mobley Foundation on Facebook a www facebook com 2FMamieTillMobleyFoundation a 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 Simple yet riveting The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till articulates the madness of racism in the South of the 1950s Combining archival photos and footage with deeply felt interviews this documentary tells the harrowing story of what happened when a mischievous 14 year old black boy from Chicago visiting his relatives in Mississippi whistled at a white woman in the street The lynching that followed was so gruesome that a media circus surrounded the trial--and what stunned the nation was not only the crime but the blithe unconcern the citizens of a small Mississippi town felt toward the brutal murder of a black teenager The interviews suspensefully unveil the story moving from the viewpoint of Till's mother to the perspective of his Southern cousins to actual film of Till's uncle who had the astonishing courage to accuse the two killers in court Till's mother Mamie Till-Mobley addressed the entire country in news footage begging that something be done so that her son did not die in vain The awkward un-media-savvy quality of the 1950s interviews may seem to come from another world but the harsh truth of what happened sprang all too clearly from America's still unresolved racial conflicts A passionate compelling documentary

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