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The Independent1y
How Emmett Till’s mother fought for justice after her son’s killing
open image in gallery American civil rights activist Mamie Till (1921-2003 ... interview included in the 2022 ABC documentary series Let the World See. Till’s name is among the first inscribed ...
The Washington Post2y
How Emmett Till’s mother defied threats to her life and fought for justice
“So far as the healing is concerned,” she said in the 2022 ABC documentary television ... cotton-gin fan and bound in barbed wire, Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley made up her mind to travel ...
Rolling Stone2y
‘Till’: Facing an Unspeakable Murder Through a Mother’s Eyes
Mamie Till’s argument was ... both as the director of the 2005 documentary The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till and what came after, when the revelations from that project encouraged the ...
CNN2y
How the filmmakers behind ‘Till’ depicted Black trauma without showing violence
“The story is about Mamie and her journey ... He worked closely with Till-Mobley on a documentary about the case. “The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till,” released in 2005, led to the ...
The Hollywood Reporter2y
Making of ‘Till’: “There Was Such Critical Care for Each Other”
“It is about Mamie, her emotional moment ... which led him to direct the documentary The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till that was released by ThinkFilm in 2005. His efforts contributed ...
The Hollywood Reporter2y
Athena Film Festival Sets ‘Till,’ ‘Plan C’ as Opening, Closing Night Films (Exclusive)
Till' director Chinonye ... s celebrated performance as Mamie Till-Mobley. The festival will close with the New York premiere of Plan C, Tracy Droz Tragos’ documentary about a grassroots network ...
KSHB Kansas City1y
'Uncomfortable but worthy': Emmett Till exhibit is reminder of the past of a teenager who was murdered in 1955
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The story of Emmett Till turned the nation’s attention toward racial injustice in the south nearly 70 years ago. In a traveling exhibit titled "Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley ...
WWNO1y
How Mississippi historians are preserving Emmett Till’s and Mamie Till-Mobley’s story
In 1955, Mamie Till-Mobley traveled to Sumner ... A group of students work on a documentary about their experiences learning about the life and death of Emmett Till at the Tallahatchie County ...
Yahoo2y
‘Till’ Team On The 29-Year Struggle To Bring The Film To The Screen – Contenders L.A.
The drama from Orion Pictures, MGM Pictures and United Artists Releasing stars Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till-Mobley ... also directed a 2005 documentary on Emmett Till — said it took 29 ...
Los Angeles Times1y
Emmett Till and his mother are icons. DeSantis is just another politician wooing white supremacists
A documentary about drag balls made all the ... That’s the kind of firepower wielded by the folks who tried to shut down Mamie Till-Mobley — and failed. She remains an icon for civil rights ...
E&E1y
Neglected Emmett Till sites pose a monumental test in Miss.
Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley ... With Till's story the subject of a movie, a documentary and a television miniseries in recent years, Tell said this particular piece of history ...