The tragic story of Emmett Till is getting the biopic treatment. On what would have been Till’s 81st birthday and just weeks after his infamous accuser made headlines again, the trailer for Till has been released, offering a glimpse into the story of the 14-year-old, whose 1955 lynching after being falsely accused of harassing a white woman shocked the country.
The early look is narrated by and told from the perspective of Till’s mother Mamie Till-Mobley. She became a prominent activist after Till’s death, and insisted his funeral be open casket to force the nation to confront the brutality of its racism. Till is an adaptation of Till-Mobley’s book and play The Face of Emmett Till and also follows Women of the Movement, an ABC miniseries from earlier this year that chronicled Till-Mobley’s life and activism.
