Trial in The Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till, the Feature Film

Collaboraction’s original live staging of Trial in the Delta was drawn directly from the newly unearthed 1955 trial transcript of The State of Mississippi vs. Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam. The immersive theater experience, including audience response to the historic injustice documented on stage, was professionally filmed in 4K during a live performance in February 2023 at The DuSable Museum of Black History.
The resulting film, Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till, includes behind-the-scenes footage, riveting live stage performances and a Crucial Conversation with audience members after witnessing a live performance of a trial that remains one of the most monumental injustices of the U.S. legal system in the 20th century.