the face? want me to try to fix it up? i said no. let the people see what i see. i want the world to see this. it s extraordinary. an extraordinary woman. so the man who conducted an interview with mamie till was documentary film maker keith beauchamp. he and whoopi goldberg will this film into being. he is the co-writer producer of till. also reverend al sharpton, president of the national action network. keith, i said this to would be esterdy, i will say it to you. the film is a masterpiece. it wrecks me to watch the film and then to see way may. tell me your story of how you came to make the movie. the movie itself has taken me 29 years, close to 20 years with fred, whoopi goldberg. this is something mother mobley
not the lynching started but starting to expose what we have to deal with and why we have to deal with racism in this country. the story can t be told without the story of mamie till mobley. keith, made me cry when the rev said that. how do you feel when he says? that that she thought of you? you know, i was very young when mother mobley and i were together. she was my mentor for eight and a half years until she took her last breath. it s a sense of fulfillment. i m battling a lot of emotions right now because we lost a lot of people along the way, a lot of the witnesses that i interviewed for the untold story of emmett till that led to the reopening of the case. so you have that question in your head or are you doing the right thing or you second guessing wiley why you re here going through all those emotions but one saying i know for sure is that it is very important that we continue to
child, don t act normal. you have to accommodate other peoples ugliness. i think for them to put it in the movie is so important, for people to understand how you broke people spirit to where they had to treat their kids a certain way to accommodate being treated in an inhumane way. that is a very strong and awesome burden the people had to carry. but they did. and maybe mobley represented. that keith, what do you want people to take from the experience of this? i would like for people who got to see this film to understand that this is not just a movie, it s a movement. it s a movement to reconcile all the world world has done in the past when it comes to civil rights in this country. the family and i will still fight for justice. that hasn t been talked about as much as it should be. and now that there s one person
who is still remaining who can be held accountable for the kidnapping and murder of emmett louis till, i think we need to exhaust every avenue to make sure that happens. emmett was the catalyst that sparked the american civil rights movement. i think he deserved a lot more than just us seeing a story on television or seeing his story in a movie theater. i think we need to uphold the legacy of mamie till mobley and continue the fight that she started. now we re seeking justice for the lynching of her son, but also the wrong that have been done in this country. we need to expose it needs to be corrected. keith beauchamp, reverend al sharpton, i hope this is a conversation we can continue over many months and weeks. congratulations, case on the film. it s exquisite. till is in the theaters right. now a quick break for us. we will be right back.
the face? you want me to try to fix it up? i said, no. let the people see what i see. i said, i want the world to see this. extraordinary, extraordinary woman. so, the men who conducted an interview with mamie was documentary filmmaker keith bow shont. he along with whoopi goldberg willed this film into being. he joins me now. also joining us the reverend al sharpton, host of politics nation and president of the national action network. keith, i said this to whoopi yesterday. i ll say it to you. the film is a masterpiece. it wrecks me to watch the film and then to see mamie. just tell me your story of how you came to make the movie. well, the movie itself has taken me 29 years, close to 20 years with fred, zolo, barbara,