Friday, June 11, 2010

Stanley Nelson





Stanley Nelson
's The Murder of Emmett Till (2003) was made for the public television documentary series "American Experience." The film's powerful storytelling is particularly outstanding in its portrayal of Emmett Till's mother, Mamie Till (above). She is the key carrier of the narrative of the events in 1955 that led to her son's death and the sham trial that followed which set free the two white men who murdered him. Mrs. Till personifies the moral and spiritual meaning deriving from Emmett Till's murder. Her presence in the film, in contemporary interviews and archival footage, also represents the passing of time.
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