Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till (1970)

Overview : 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.

Release Date : January 1, 1970

Runtime : 120m

Genre : Documentary, Crime  

Companies : Wolf Entertainment

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : racism, teenage boy, lynching, 1950s, racial injustice, african american, mississippi