The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Simple yet riveting, The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till articulates the madness of racism in the South of the 1950s. Combining archival photos and footage with deeply felt interviews, this documentary tells the harrowing story of what happened when a mischievous 14 year old black boy from Chicago, visiting his relatives in Mississippi, whistled at a white woman in the street.
The lynching that followed was so gruesome that a media circus surrounded the trial--and what stunned the nation was not only the crime, but the blithe unconcern the citizens of a small Mississippi town felt toward the brutal murder of a black teenager.
The interviews suspensefully unveil the story, moving from the viewpoint of Till's mother to the perspective of his Southern cousins to actual film of Till's uncle, who had the astonishing courage to accuse the two killers in court. Till's mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, addressed the entire country in news footage, begging that something be done so that her son did not die in vain.
The awkward, un-media-savvy quality of the 1950s interviews may seem to come from another world, but the harsh truth of what happened sprang all too clearly from America's still unresolved racial conflicts. A passionate, compelling documentary.
lmao what even is this comment section??
@assbackwards
To be honest, I would help others before I would help myself, regardless of race, creed, etc.; but to think that it is normal at all to help someone from a different race as the last option on your list, is so twisted. We all need to help each other, because in the end we are all the same. Love everyone man. E v e r y o n e.
If only he knew what a ripple of change his young and short lived life would have in his country and the impact globally.
I honestly don't know why people watch documentaries like this to just post hateful racism.
To quote the ever so eloquent Jim Marsh who decided to post above, 'I voted for Obama but I wouldn't let my daughter marry a black man. So what...it's my right.', your hatred was not overlooked. Deplorable are the views of a righteous, sexist racist. I can't even begin to argue on how his daughters decision is his not right.
On particular pages, comments should require heritage, colour, and country to be able to post to weed out people who have nothing but foolishness in their heads and hatred in their hearts.
Black Lives Matter.
i love reading comments before watching a doc.
most docs have comments related to the docs; the exception is "racist" docs...
which always have race vs race arguments.
I fell strongly that all people are good and bad, racist and not....
Because all of these things are inherent in all beings and key to survival in some fashion.
I think you all would agree that if you had to help someone, your order would be.
1. Yourself
2. Family
3. Friends
4. Associates
5. Elderly / Children / Needy
6. Your race
7. Other races
And if you had to harm someone the order would be reverse
Therefore, everyone, when push comes to shove is a "racist" or whatever label you deem.
If you think you are not , then your lying to yourself or are an exception to normality.
So please quit pretending your not, because its worse then calling people "racists".
I have to add that in general, no race is superior we are equal
but whomever has authority over you..they are truly your master and you their slave.
If you let them
Im ashamed at my own race and felt deep hatred towards those ignorant whites in Mississippi. Who the hell did they think they were? It shows the type of people they are in being able to do something like this to a child and their families who stood beside them. But guess what? There's one fact you have to live with. Your hatred for anyone with darker skin means you hate God. BECAUSE GOD WAS BORN IN THE MIDDLE EAST!!!! AND EVERYONE IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS BLACK!!!!! I hope these two lowlifes who murdered this child suffer and burn for eternity in hell and all those with the same ignorant and hateful mindset! God don't like ugly and Karma always gets you back! We might not have the enjoyment of seeing people like these whites suffer but rest assured when their day comes? They'll suffer forever!
Part of me wants desperately to view this film; the other part is just sickened at the thought. The mind boggles at the complete disregard for humanity that was foisted on this young man, who died far too soon for such a ridiculous reason. Racism is a cancer; it needs to be excised. It's disgraceful that we're still fighting the Civil War in 2015.
Monster people
Am so sorry for what happened...so, so sorry
Look around now, we are just as bad and to OUR OWN colour, white selling white for sex trade in the European area and for shittist lowest wage paid workers employment can get away with and it still goes on.
Black bitching about if your not black enough or too much of a lighter shade. which i actually witnessed and found that extremely hurtful for the poor guy and got my help thrown back in my face and got hugely abused by the other end for trying to help the victim.
From the start of time, white people have been bastards to our own colour, so it's not all about just black people being picked on. I'm sick of the colour racial thing going on, as now it's just an excuse to win an arguement. I'm a white person fed up listening to ALL SPECTRUM of colours going on about skin tone, it has been a violent discussion from past, which we SHOULD NEVER FORGET about any slavery of any kind through time, although it was the northern state of a lot of white people in the america tried to abolish slavery, (that gets forgotten easily) but we can't move forward and stop all this hate if any colour white/black stop bitching and learn that it will never stop if we keep causing a rift between it all.
Colour of skin is just a colour to me. I have a friend and colleague i work with who is the complete opposite of me. im milk bottle white and his the darkest skin tone. We get on great and not once has the skin colour come up, because it does not need to. We get on with life and thats all that matters.
I just watched The Untold Story of Emmett Till with my 16yr old son and 12yr daughter. Afterwards we had really, really, good conversation about racism, equality and people's rights then and now. I told my kids this is why your great grandfather would get upset with disrespect and not doing your best in school because its like a slap in the face to the blacks that had to endure all that they endured for you to have what you have now. I cold tell this documentary had a strong impact on my son.
Lying shits!! Completely and conveniently hiding the TRUTH about this incident.
I tell myself when it will be justice for Emmet and other thing that was wrong what they did to emmet .R.I.P EMMETT LOUIS TILL now you are in better place
It's disgusting how those red neck toads hid behind their babies in court. As if they were human or something. Gutless sheep. You know there had to be white people who knew this was wrong. (I'm white). My God, was the entire south riddled with brain dead r*tards back then? Gutless F#@King pigs. F**k the South for what they did and allowed to happen back then. F**k them all, north and south for the bigotry and aggression towards another race, who never wanted to be here to begin with! If i hear one more person from the South tell me apologetically that, "Oh, well, that's the way it was." without offering any statement of remorse for their complicity, then maybe they should've succeeded from the Union after all, because we don't need that s*it in our United States. Northerners had slaves too, but we don't talk too much about that, now do we? Maybe it's because the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery to begin with. What a bunch of pu**ies. Our Congress and Senate were infested with KKK members for quite some time, so WTF did you think they were going to do about it? Your tax dollars at work...as always...just getting screwed in new ways now.
I think back in those days only whites has rights. It did not matter if you knew the person was wrong no one said nothing and its wrong then and now I thank God that i was not in those times when it was really bad for blacks cause I speak my mind and don't hold back. May God bless his family.
that was wrong
When will there be justice for Emmitt?
Its weird how god works without being seen, its always humans that do everything. Its almost as if he doesn't exist.
I don't feel sorry for him. Boo hoo. Y'all all seem to be a bunch of liberal pussies or black radicals on this thread. No, I am not politically correct. No, I do not want to hear about how "we all came out of Africa." Spare me that PC tripe...Even if we did, it's clear that evolution worked its magic while the races were separated. More propaganda to increase white guilt and pacify the white population is all that this movie is. He shouldn't have been a trashy animal and whistled at her...
R.I.P Emmett Louis Till
Since when does it take the American justice system to realize murder is a crime. From 1955 to 2003, WTF is the problem America with the American justice system. I have never been so disgusted in the way non-white america is treated!! Im so glad i found this documenty, Emmitt you will not be foegotten!! I believe "an eye for an eye" I sure hope those men who murdered that young man receive what they deserve!! Its no dam wonder poeple are becoming Vigilantes, can't always depend on the law for justice!!
Can't ya just FEEL the LOVE?!
I think we should bring retribution back. Look at our society now. Ninty percent of all crimes are commited by minorities. Watch the television shows Cops, Bait Car, The First 48, ect..ect..ect... We need to bring back fear, Our prisons don't seem to be getting the job done. But, they do put a huge strain on our economic system, much less welfare,section 8 housing, black school system corruption, ect..ect..ect.. The future of this country after a national crisis will look a lot like New Orleans after Katrina. Whites tend to help one another in times of crisis. Blacks turn into animals. There going backwards, not forward.
transparency still did not work in the south
people in belfast watched (catholic ) schoolchildern get urine threw at them ...porn photos shoved in their faces on way to school a day later 9/11 happened.............i want the transparency shown in every human right violation until justice is done to neocons'righr wing politics the world over
HOW VERY SAD! I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE THOSE TWO KILLERS ON JUDGEMENT DAY,
For one...the president is bi-racial. I'm in your face you racist. Now that felt really good. Ignorance shown is a guarentee of stupidity. Imagining how a race hates is simply a gratification of your own hatred!
Just imagine how much these people must hate that there is a black president.
Must admit that really feels good.
In your face racists!
And @ lucy:
Your just a wonderful human being!
Btw what´s that thing called when you mean the opposite of what your saying?