For coming on this very rainy and dreary and cold day last wednesday of black history month. So were going to celebrate with this topic today. But its such an honor to really bring this story to you. I think this is a remarkable woman, and i am so honored to feature her work today. So i want to start by thinking about the ways that we are currently living in this age of remembering mamie tillmobley. In the last two years, we have observed the abc limited series women of the movement dramatized the lives and stories of emmett till and mamie tillmobley and make them a sex accessible on television screens, on mobile devices and the streaming platform. Hulu unfolding across six episodes over three weeks. Women are the movement centers to mobilize activist efforts in the wake of our sons brutal murder and brilliantly portrays the heroic deeds of the individual communities and organizations supporting our desire to bring awareness to tills death and hold accountable those responsible for its
For coming on this very rainyanu and dreary and cold day last wednesday of black history month. So were going to celebrate with this topic today. But its such an honor to really bring this story to you. I think this is a remarkable woman, and i am so honored to feature her work today. So i want to start by thinking about the ways that we are currently living in this age of remembering mamie tillmobley. In the last two years, we have observed the abc limited series women of the movement dramatized the lives and stories of emmett till and mamie tillmobley and make them a sex accessible on television screens, on mobile devices and the streaming platform. Hulu unfolding across six episodes over three weeks. Women are the movement centers to mobilize activist efforts in the wake of our sons brutal murder and brilliantly portrays the heroic deeds of the individual communities and organizations supporting our desire to bring awareness to tills death and hold accountable those responsible for
Got the call and this is what ive got. At the beginning theres hostility towards her character. Shes tenacious. In order to pursue the case she needs a tracker on board. You saw from that clip how much of it is to do with the environment, to do with the landscape. You said watching a trailer made you feel |j landscape. You said watching a trailer made you feel i was cold by the end of the trailer it was extraordinary. Whoa, ithought, this is going to be bleak. That chilliness goes all the way through the drama. Actually, though it is a murder mystery investigation with a sort of lib rainth plot, its about this land, about people being forced to live in a land never meant for anyone to live in it, about the hardship, the difficulty of that life, about the community and what i like about the film is its very sympathetic towards its characters. Its all to do with placing and setting. That wyoming back drop is brutal. Jeremy rhoner is well cast. He tends to underplay emotions. A lot is don
The countrys president said the tremor was the strongest to hit the country in a century. Now its time for the film review. Hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks cinema releases, welcome back, mark. What have you watched in the last few weeks . Very interesting week. We have wind river. We have insyriated, a very tough and tense drama, set in damascus. And it, stephen kings classic comes to the big screen. It may be a classic. Well talk about that later. Youre such a horror fan lets start with wind river. I watched the trailer for this in awe when i went to see detroit. Even the trailer is visually stunning. But so stark. Yeah, written and directed by taylor sheridan, saying its the conclusion of a trilogy about the modern american frontier. Its set in wyoming on a native american reservation. Theres the death of a young woman at the start, which brings together two characters. 0ne isjeremy renners hunter, tracker, who is dealing with his own i
And cafes in england to display their food hygiene ratings. In sport Jimmy Anderson makes history. He becomes the first englishman to take 500 test wickets, in the deciding match against the west indies. And louise has the weather. Good morning. It is an autumnal start to the weekend. A day of sunny spells and scattered showers, but some of the showers will be heavy, with some hail and thunder, and rather breezy out to the west. More details coming up. Good morning. First, our main story millions of people have been warned to evacuate from florida, as Hurricane Irma approaches the United States. The huge storm, which has wreaked destruction across the caribbean, made its way along the coast of cuba last night. It is expected to reach florida tomorrow. Some of the worst affected caribbean islands are now bracing themselves for the arrival of a second hurricane. Jose is reported to have strengthened, with winds of up to150mph. Our north america correspondent jane obrien reports from miam