A conversation with Jay-Z, Will Smith & MJ Cerar story of Emmett Till and Southlake: Texas Suburb Becomes Epicenter In America’s Racial Upheaval
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67 years later Emmett Till life still matters and it is racism is alive and well in America and growing. The sad part of this is I am a man proud black man and I know that racism can only be ended by white people, so one day the world will look all the same diverse, and beautiful. Now we need to wake up and realize we are in control of change Trump did not cause racism he made it cool to be racist. Proud Boys stand up and stand down. If racism in America is real we need to teach real history. White kids know what privilege is and those that do not have to have it is real.
The women of the Movement movie is real and it is a story in our history that is not pretty and slavery is that also. Everything in America is not good, we black people are the people, are the only thing that poor white people can look at and say at least I am not black. It is one thing that keeps us divided. The white people in towns like South Lake Texas and others want to keep their heads in the ground because black history is American history we need to keep fighting for it critical race theory should not be divisive like the Jews say never forget the holocaust. Will Smith and Shawn Carter backing the women of the Movement is a step in the right direction. So life in America is not right until we all are free. Black need things to go right.
Women of the Movement is an American historical drama miniseries that premiered on ABC on January 6, 2022. Created and written by Marissa Jo Cerar and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, the series centers on Mamie Till-Mobley, played by Adrienne Warren, who devoted her life to seeking justice for her murdered son Emmett, played by Cedric Joe. Tonya Pinkins also co-stars as Alma Carthan, Emmett’s grandmother.
The series is based on the book Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement by Devery S. Anderson.
n 1955, Mamie Till-Mobley’s son Emmett Till was viciously murdered in the Jim Crow South. Her fight to make sure he would not be forgotten and to get justice for him would ultimately help to spawn the civil rights movement.
Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan of Roc Nation, Overbrook Entertainment, and Kapital Entertainment first tried to produce an untitled miniseries based on the life of Emmett Till at HBO in 2016. While at HBO, the group merged with Rosanna Grace and Nicole Tabs of Serendipity Group Inc, John P. Middleton and Alex Foster of The Middleton Media Group, and David Clark of Mazo Partners. When the project left HBO it was reconceived to focus on women during the civil rights movement. The series, now titled Women of the Movement, began development in April 2020.
On August 28, 2020, on the 65th anniversary of Emmett Till‘s murder, ABC gave the official green light to the series, with Marissa Jo Cerar coming on board as the writer and Gina Prince-Bythewood confirmed to direct the first episode of the series.
On October 16, 2020, Adrienne Warren was cast in the leading role of Mamie Till-Mobley. On November 13, 2020, Niecy Nash joined the series as Alma Carthan, Emmett Till’s grandmother. On December 3, 2020, Cedric Joe joined the series as Emmett Till. On December 9, 2020, Glynn Turman joined the series as Mose Wright, Emmett Till’s great uncle. On December 17, 2020, Ray Fisher joined the series as Gene Mobley, Mamie’s husband. On January 6, 2021, it was announced that Tonya Pinkins had replaced Nash in the role of Alma Carthan.[15] On January 11, 2021, Chris Coy, Julia McDermott, and Carter Jenkins joined the series as J. W. Milam, Carolyn Bryant, and Roy Bryant, respectively. On March 10, 2021, Joshua Caleb Johnson was cast in a recurring role. On April 13, 2021, Leslie Silva, Chris Butler, Alex Désert, Miles Fowler, Tongayi Chirisa, Jason Turner, and Daniel Abeles joined the cast in recurring roles. In June 2021, Gary Basaraba joined the cast.[19] In August 2021, Timothy Hutton was cast in a recurring role.
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 89% approval rating with an average rating of 6.8/10, based on 18 critic reviews. The website’s critics consensus reads, “Women of the Movement enlivens the tragedy of Emmett Till with solid storytelling and a deeply moving pair of performances by Adrienne Warren and Cedric Joe. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 71 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating “generally favorable reviews”.
