The Murder of Emmett Till

About The Murder of Emmett Till

A documentary examining the 1955 murder of a 14-year-old black boy from Chicago while visiting relatives in Mississippi, and the broad impact of his death, his funeral, and the subsequent trial and acquittal of his accused killers.

Stanley Nelson's The Murder of Emmett Till is a 2003 documentary film.

Andre Braugher stars as Narrator (voice), Mamie Till Mobley as Self (archive footage), Carolyn Bryant as Self (archive footage), and Roy Bryant as Self (archive footage). At 53 minutes long, it arrived in January 2003.

The screenplay is by Marcia Smith. It streams on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel in the United States.