Something I’ve noticed in this job: When actors whom I’ve never seen or heard of deliver a great film performance, they’re more likely to be Black. Sure, sometimes white actors come out of nowhere and floor me, but because their Black counterparts receive fewer opportunities, they’re more likely to be unknown to me
The tragic story of Emmett Till is one of a face. The face of a 14-year-old boy, beaten and murdered in Mississippi, a battered and bloated face that his mother
White racists brutally murdered young Emmett Till in 1955 in Mississippi. His death, and his mother Mamie s reaction to it, helped spark the civil rights movement. Till tells their compelling story.