WHO IS KEITH BEAUCHAMP?

Director and producer Keith Beauchamp is originally from Baton Rouge, La. At age 23 he started working on the Emmett Till documentary. After 9 years of tracking down all the live witnesses from the 1955 murder, he finished "The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till."

Keith's passion and work on the documentary sparked interest in the US Justice Department and the Emmett Till case was reopened after 50 years. All major networks picked up the story:

CBS 60minutes: Justice Delayed But Not Denied
MSNBC: How a Filmmaker Got Till's Case Reopened
ABCnews: Person of the Week: Keith Beauchamp
CNN: Lawmakers want 1955 case reopened

photo courtesy of Keith Beauchamp