The tragic story of the abbreviated life of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black boy brutally murdered in a racially motivated crime in Jim Crow era U.S.A, is hardly obscure. The abject cruelty of his death, and the judicial travesty that followed, remains irresistible to storytellers of all stripes. ABC’s new anthology series “Women of the Movement” is a recent addition. It’s a fact-based drama that ostensibly aims to center Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley (Adrienne Warren), who devoted her life to seeking justice for her son, and it’s a worthwhile challenge. Despite how well-chronicled Till’s death has been, his mother’s story isn’t as established in mainstream consciousness. But while “Women of the Movement” ambition is palpable, it’s a missed opportunity as a story told with broad strokes, stifled by lack of a singular, authoritative voice.
Emmett Till was murdered just days...
Emmett Till was murdered just days...
- 1/7/2022
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
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