-- the movie portrays a gut wrenching detail mrs. till's journey from excruciating pain and anguish, to steal a determination in her quest for justice for her only child. her son, emmett, who was just a 14-year-old boy, was abducted, tortured and lynched in mississippi after being accused of making advances at a white woman, caroline -- the two white men accused of this barbaric crime, -- and his half brother -- both world war ii veterans, were acquitted by an all white jury. a year later, they proudly admitted to murdering emmett till for money, from look magazine, saying they did it because they wanted black people to stay in their place. caroline bryant, who accused -- later admitted to lying about what happened that. earlier this summer, a grand jury in mississippi declined to indict bryant, who is still alive. even though there was an served arrest warrant for her role until subduction.