Documentary

The film that helped reopen one of history's most notorious cold case civil rights murders is the result of the director's 10-year journey to uncover the truth. In August, 1955, Mamie Till-Mobley of Chicago sent her only child, Emmett Louis Till, to visit relatives in the Mississippi Delta. Little did she know that only 8 days later, Emmett would be abducted from his Great-Uncle's home, brutally beaten and murdered for one of the oldest Southern taboos : whistling at a white woman in public

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Originally released in 2005

Special features: director's commentary with Keith A. Beauchamp ; the Civil Rights Project featurette : "The Impact of the Emmett Till Case in American History and Today" ; trailer gallery

Edited by, David Dessel ; music by, Jim Papoulis

MPAA Rating: PG

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, NTSC

English dialogue ; closed-captioned