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The Murder of Emmett Till. Prod, by Stanley Nelson. Firelight Media Production for American Experience, 2003. 60 mins. (PBS Video, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314-1698; 800-344-3337; <[email protected]>; <http://shop.pbs.org/education/> [Sept. 15, 2003])
The lynching of Emmett Till is once again in the news. In recent months, two new documentaries and a new book have reawakened public interest in the 1955 tragedy. In January 2003, when Mamie Till Mobley, the courageous mother of the slain Chicago teenager, died, scores of tributes acknowledged her relentless pursuit of social justice.
Stanley Nelson's The Murder of Emmett Till, which first aired in January 2003 as part of the PRS American Experience series, is an efficient and effective documentary that depicts the events that led to young Tills death, the subsequent trial of his murderers, and the national and international outrage over this racial killing...