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Murder in America: The Lynching of Emmett Till

en 120m
DocumentaryCrime
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.

Book

Wheeler Parker

Executive Producer

James Moll

Executive Producer

Dick Wolf

Director

Llewellyn M. Smith

Executive Producer

Tom Thayer

Director

Sam Pollard

racism teenage boy lynching 1950s racial injustice african american mississippi

Status

Planned

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Wolf Entertainment