My Nephew Emmett

The story

This visually ravishing and thought-provoking work portrays one of the USA’s great shames—the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till by two white men in Mississippi—and movingly reminds us of this dark episode’s enduring relevance.

Cast & crew

Jasmine GuyElizabeth Wright

Charlie TalbertSheriff Clarence Strider

Dane RhodesJ.W. Milam

L.B. Williams

L.B. WilliamsMose Wright

Dorian Davis

Dorian DavisMaurice Wright

Emily Hooper

Emily HooperCarolyn Bryant

Tylon Larry

Tylon LarrySimeon Wright

William Perkins

William PerkinsJournalist

Ethan Leaverton

Ethan LeavertonRoy Bryant

Joshua Wright

Joshua WrightEmmett Till

Chris Steele

Chris SteeleRobert Wright