Film

Emmett – Tief in meinem Herzen

2022 · 2h

“Emmett − Tief in meinem Herzen” (“Emmett – Deep in My Heart”) is a film with theatrical elements, telling the story of the 14-year-old Black teenager Emmett Till, who became the victim of a racist murder in Mississippi, USA, in 1955. This murder is considered the spark for the civil rights movement in the USA as well as a global, public-media confrontation with racism. Emmett’s story is not an exclusively Black or American story. Emmett had to die because he (allegedly) whistled after a White woman, while his killers were acquitted by an all-male, all-White jury, only to openly admit to the murder in an interview a short time later. “Cases like Emmett's are repeated in Germany and around the world. They affect us all – they are the stories of each and every one of us. Almost 70 years after Emmett Till’s murder, we live in a world that is still shaped by structural racism.

Esmael Agostinho

Emmett "Bo" Till

Dela Dabulamanzi

Mamie Till

Samia Dauenhauer

Carolyn Bryant

Agnes Lampkin

Aunt Lizzy

Lara Sophie Milagro

Roanne Taylor

Selam Tadese

Roy Bryant

Seedy Touray

Maurice

• Lara Sophie MilagroProducer · Director · Editor
• Tibor LocherProducer
• Dela DabulamanziProducer
• Kasimir BordaschEditor

Release date

January 24, 2022

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h