Directed by Stanley Nelson   Written by Marcia Smith   David C. Taylor   Cast Andre Braugher ... Narrator Pat Antici ... Kidnapper Oudie Brown ... Self Harry Caise ... Self - Mortician Magnolia Cooksey-Mathious ... Self - Emmett Till's Classmate Tony Czech ... Kidnapper Clara Davis ... Self - Mississippi Resident Warren Hampton ... Self - Mississippi Resident Richard Heard ... Self - Emmett Till's Classmate John Herbers ... Self - Journalist Rose Jourdain ... Self - Journalist Mamie Till Mobley ... Self Moses Newson ... Self - Journalist Wheeler Parker ... Self - Emmett Till's Cousin Betty Pearson ... Self - Mississippi Resident Willie Reed ... Self - Mississippi Resident Clarence Strider Jr. ... Self - Son of Mississippi Sheriff Emmett Till ... Self (archive footage) William Winter ... Self - Former Governor of Mississippi Ernest Withers ... Self - Photographer Produced by Laurens Grant   Stanley Nelson   Amilca Palmer   Mark Samels   Original Music by Tom Phillips

Additional Info Premiere: January 20, 2003 DVD Release: February 03, 2004 Country: Distributor: PBS Websites: Production Companies Firelight Media Inc. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (for) WGBH WGBH (produced by) Distributors PBS Home Video   (1988) (USA) (video) PBS International   (1987) (World-wide) (TV) Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)   (1987) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.9 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #11,569 / 21,254 Site Ranking #11,565 A Taste Of Phobia (2018) #11,566 The Profane Exhibit (2013) #11,567 Kung Fu And Titties (2013) #11,568 The Mothman Legacy (2020) #11,569 The Murder Of Emmett Till (2003) #11,571 WWE NXT UK: Season 1 (2018) #11,572 WWE NXT UK: Season 2 (2019) #11,573 WWE NXT UK: Season 3 (2020) #11,574 WWE NXT UK: Season 4 (2021)