My Nephew Emmett

19m
HistoryDrama
6.3

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

Jasmine Guy
Elizabeth Wright
Charlie Talbert
Sheriff Clarence Strider
Dane Rhodes
J.W. Milam
L.B. Williams
Mose Wright
Dorian Davis
Maurice Wright
Emily Hooper
Carolyn Bryant
Tylon Larry
Simeon Wright
William Perkins
Journalist
Ethan Leaverton
Roy Bryant
Joshua Wright
Emmett Till
Chris Steele
Robert Wright

Crew

Kevin Wilson, Jr.
Director, Writer, Producer
Alex DeMille
Editor
Laura Valladao
Director of Photography
Lauren L. Owen
Producer
Austin D. James
Co-Producer
TaNisha Fordham
Co-Producer
Mark A. Terry
Production Design
Shalyn Johnson
Costume Design
Gavin Brivik
Original Music Composer

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