Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till (1970) - Documentary Movies 120 minutes. . Based on A Few Days Full of Trouble by Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Christopher Benson, the feature doc will explore two parallel tracks of the Till story. One set in motion by the last four years of an FBI investigation with details never before revealed, including significant new revelations of the case and its discoveries. The traumatic memory of Parker Jr., last surviving witness to the crime and Till’s cousin, drives that investigation. The second track is a deep immersion into the latest, proprietary findings, as high schoolers prepare for a reenactment of the murder trial of two of Till’s killers, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam. racism, teenage boy, lynching, 1950s, racial injustice, african american, mississippi
Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till (1970)
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Released: Jan 01, 1970
Runtime: 120 minutes
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Stars:
Crew: Sam Pollard (Director), Llewellyn M. Smith (Director), Tom Thayer (Executive Producer), Dick Wolf (Executive Producer), James Moll (Executive Producer), Wheeler Parker (Book)
Based on A Few Days Full of Trouble by Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Christopher Benson, the feature doc will explore two parallel tracks of the Till story. One set in motion by the last four years of an FBI investigation with details never before revealed, including significant new revelations of the case and its discoveries. The traumatic memory of Parker Jr., last surviving witness to the crime and Till’s cousin, drives that investigation. The second track is a deep immersion into the latest, proprietary findings, as high schoolers prepare for a reenactment of the murder trial of two of Till’s killers, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam.
