The Untold Story Of Emmett Louis Till

2004, Movie, NR, 70 mins

The Untold Story Of Emmett Louis Till: Review

The title's promise that Keith Beauchamp's documentary about the 1955 murder of Emmett Till will reveal an "untold" side of the story is misleading: Due to the U.S. Justice Department's recently reopened investigation of the crime — a decision sparked in part by Beauchamp's film — very little of what he uncovered during the 10 years he spent researching and interviewing subjects actually appears in the movie. Nevertheless, Beauchamp reconstructs the actual crime wit... read more leave a comment