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The Resource The murder of Emmett Till, a Firelight Media production for American Experience, a production of WGBH Boston

The murder of Emmett Till, a Firelight Media production for American Experience, a production of WGBH Boston

Label
The murder of Emmett Till
Title
The murder of Emmett Till
Statement of responsibility
a Firelight Media production for American Experience, a production of WGBH Boston
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Chronicles the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American boy who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, and the trial that resulted in the acquittal of the white suspects by an all-white jury
Member of
Cataloging source
IEP
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
American experience (Television program)
Credits note
Producer/director, Stanley Nelson ; writer, Marcia Smith ; composer, Tom Phillips
Intended audience
High school - adults
PerformerNote
Narrator, Andre Braugher
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1951-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Nelson, Stanley
  • Smith, Marcia
  • Braugher, Andre
  • Firelight Media
  • WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Runtime
60
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  • Till, Emmett
  • Lynching
  • African Americans
  • Racism
  • Trials (Murder)
  • Mississippi
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The murder of Emmett Till, a Firelight Media production for American Experience, a production of WGBH Boston
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • DVD; Dolby Digital surround stereo
  • Videodisc release of the 2003 television program, American experience
  • Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
  • Not rated
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Control code
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Fullscreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.)
Isbn
9780793695522
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
841887000536
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
AMER6506
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The murder of Emmett Till, a Firelight Media production for American Experience, a production of WGBH Boston
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • DVD; Dolby Digital surround stereo
  • Videodisc release of the 2003 television program, American experience
  • Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
  • Not rated
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Control code
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Fullscreen.
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.)
Isbn
9780793695522
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
841887000536
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
AMER6506
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
Video recording format
DVD

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