Chinonye Chukwu To Helm Film On How Mamie Till Mobley Turned Son Emmett Till’s Brutal Murder Into Civil Rights Movement Catalyst
Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmOn the eve of the 65th anniversary of the 1955 torture and lynching death of 14-year-old Emmett Louis Till, writer/director Chinonye Chukwu is set to direct a feature film about his tragic death and the relentless pursuit of justice by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, whose insistence on an open casket funeral for her battered teenage son at the hands of a white mob became a galvanizing moment that helped lead to the creation of the civil rights movement.The film is based on the extensive research of award-winning documentarian Keith Beauchamp and his relationship with Mamie Till Mobley and Emmett Till’s cousin, Simeon Wright.