Revealing an Untold Story of the Emmett Till Lynching

variety.com:

R.L. Ford In August 1955, the body of 14-year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till was found in Mississippi’s Tallahatchie River. He had been accused of wolf whistling at a white woman.

The county sheriff ordered the body’s immediate burial in Mississippi, without informing Emmett’s mother, Mamie Till. But she demanded that her child be returned home to Chicago — and held an open-casket funeral there “so that the world can see what they did to my son.” “Her decision to open up that casket woke up the world,” declares Marissa Jo Cerar, creator, showrunner, writer and executive producer of “Women of the Movement,” a six-episode limited series that aired in three parts on ABC in January 2022.

What makes “Women of the Movement” unique among the many examinations of Emmett Till’s death is that it is told from the perspective of his mother.

Tens of thousands came to view Emmett’s body. For many, the photograph of his mutilated corpse lying in an open casket is their single defining memory of Emmett Till.Now, with “Women of the Movement,” Cerar hopes to enhance his legacy by revealing the love and tension surrounding Emmett’s short life and death from the perspective of his devastated mother, played by Tony Award winner for best actress in a musical Adrienne Warren.