At 2:30AM on August 28, 1955 in the most racially divided state in the country, 64 year-old Mose Wright tries to protect his 14 year-old nephew Emmett Till from two racist killers out for ...
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| Dorian Davis | ... | Maurice Wright | |
| Jasmine Guy | ... | Elizabeth Wright | |
| Emily Hooper | ... | Carolyn Bryant | |
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Tylon Larry | ... | Simeon Wright |
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Ethan Leaverton | ... | Roy Bryant |
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William Perkins | ... | Journalist |
| Dane Rhodes | ... | J.W. Milam | |
| Chris Steele | ... | Robert Wright | |
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L.B. Williams | ... | Mose Wright |
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Joshua Wright | ... | Emmett Till |
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At 2:30AM on August 28, 1955 in the most racially divided state in the country, 64 year-old Mose Wright tries to protect his 14 year-old nephew Emmett Till from two racist killers out for blood. Based on the true story of the 1955 murder of Emmett Louis Till.
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Powerful story, and one that's well told here. One of the great things about telling it from the uncle's perspective is that the feeling of dread and powerlessness is amplified. Imagine laying there in the dark of night, listening for someone who may come, wondering what cruelty might be committed. We see who Emmett Till was from his perspective - just a kid, an innocent kid. Like other young men, he's interested in having fun and flirting with women, but not in a menacing way. There is a quietness about the film that goes well with the pain of subjugation in the Jim Crow south. The inclusion of the archival footage is also brilliant.