“He Whistled” For every influential movement in the world, there has been a tragedy that pre-dates it. The United States of America has always had a colorful history when it pertains to freedom and equality. Whether it be the civil rights movement, the fight for women’s suffrage, or the gay rights movement, interests of certain individuals have always been placed ahead of others. On August 28, 1955, Emmett Till was brutally murdered by two white men because they didn’t like the color of his skin. Emmett Till’s murder was one of the main reasons as to why the Civil Rights Movement took place in the following few years. It fueled a longing for justice amongst the African American community. After the outcome of the Till trial, the country was traumatized and could finally see after centuries how deeply racism was ingrained in not only them, but also …show more content…
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till was released in 2003, decades after the murder itself. African American director, Keith Beauchamp, claimed that it took 9 years to make this documentary, the reason being that made he too went through a similar experience as Till when he was young and wanted to give his story justice. This documentary is about a 14 year-old African American boy who was beaten, shot, and dumped into a river because he whistled at a white woman. One of the major themes reiterated in this documentary include the depiction of the Jim Crow Laws and how they added to the racial problem in the South. The argument presented within this documentary was that Emmett Till’s case was skewed because two white men were put on trial during a time where racial prejudices resided and caused the white jury to side in favor of the defendants over the Black family whose son