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Additional authors

1. Nelson, Stanley, 1951-
2. Smith, Marcia A.
3. Braugher, Andre
4. Caise, Harry C., 1925-2009
5. Herbers, John
6. Jourdain, Rose, 1931-
7. Newson, Moses J., 1927-
8. Parker, Wheeler, 1939-
9. Pearson, Betty Bobo, 1922-
10. Till-Mobley, Mamie, 1921-2003
11. Winter, William F.
12. Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
13. Phillips, Tom
14. Shepherd, Robert (Robert R.)
15. Erskine, Lewis
16. Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), production company.
17. WGBH Educational Foundation, production company.
18. Firelight Media, production company.
19. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
20. PBS Home Video, film distributor.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. 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.

Uniform title

1. American experience (Television program)

Subject

1. Till, Emmett, 1941-1955
2. Lynching > Mississippi > History > 20th century
3. African Americans > Crimes against > History > Mississippi > 20th century
4. African American teenage boys > Crimes against > History > Mississippi > 20th century
5. Racism > Mississippi > History > 20th century
6. Racism > Southern States > History > 20th century
7. Hate crimes > Mississippi > History > 20th century
8. Trials (Murder) > Mississippi > Sumner
9. Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century
10. United States > Race relations > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

1. Documentary television programs.
2. Documentary films.
3. Historical films.
4. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1424

Note

1. Originally broadcast on television as part of the television series The American experience on 20 January 2003.
2. "American Experience is a production of WGBH Boston"--Closing frames.

Credits (note)

1. Screenwriter, Marcia A. Smith ; producer, Stanley Nelson ; cinematographer, Robert Shepard ; editor, Lewis Erskine ; composer, Tom Phillips ; a Firelight Media production for American Experience ; WGBH Boston ; WGBH Educational Foundation.

Audience (note)

1. MPAA rating: Not rated.

System details (note)

1. DVD; NTSC 1; English Dolby surround stereo.

Language (note)

1. Closed-captioned.

Title

1. The murder of Emmett Till/ directed by Stanley Nelson.

Imprint

1. Alexandria, Va. : PBS : Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2004.

Edition

1. Full screen version.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Digital file characteristics

1. video file DVD video region 1

System details

1. DVD; NTSC 1; English Dolby surround stereo.

Credits

1. Screenwriter, Marcia A. Smith ; producer, Stanley Nelson ; cinematographer, Robert Shepard ; editor, Lewis Erskine ; composer, Tom Phillips ; a Firelight Media production for American Experience ; WGBH Boston ; WGBH Educational Foundation.

Audience

1. MPAA rating: Not rated.

Performer

1. Narrator: Andre Braugher ; voice actors: Steve Itkin, Jonathan Ross ; featuring: William Winter, Clara Davis, Betty Pearson, Ernest Withers, Mamie Till, Richard Heard, Wheeler Parker, Magnilia Cooksey, Moses Newson, Warren Hampton, Willie Reed, Oudie Brown, Clarence Strider Jr., Harry Caise, Rose Jourdain, John Herbers.

Language

1. Closed-captioned.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound
2. American Experience Web site

Added author

1. Nelson, Stanley, 1951- film director.
2. Smith, Marcia A., screenwriter.
3. Braugher, Andre, narrator.
4. Caise, Harry C., 1925-2009, interviewee.
5. Herbers, John, interviewee.
6. Jourdain, Rose, 1931- interviewee.
7. Newson, Moses J., 1927- interviewee.
8. Parker, Wheeler, 1939- interviewee.
9. Pearson, Betty Bobo, 1922- interviewee.
10. Till-Mobley, Mamie, 1921-2003, interviewee.
11. Winter, William F., interviewee.
12. Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007, interviewee.
13. Phillips, Tom, composer.
14. Shepherd, Robert (Robert R.), cinematographer.
15. Erskine, Lewis, film editor.
16. Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), production company.
17. WGBH Educational Foundation, production company.
18. Firelight Media, production company.
19. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
20. PBS Home Video, film distributor.

Added title

1. American experience (Television program)

Other standard identifier

1. 841887000536

Publisher no.

1. AMER 6506 PBS Home Video

ISBN

1. 079369552X
2. 9780793695522

Research call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1424