Posted on Oct 14, 2022
Emmett Till is known for his death. A new film about his mother also honors his life
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Ever since it was announced, the movie Till has spurred a lot of questions about how it would portray its disturbing real-life events. There have been countless poems, songs, plays and documentaries about Emmett Till, whose 1955 lynching — by two white men who were ultimately acquitted — provoked a national outcry that helped ignite the American civil rights movement. But the idea of a Hollywood movie on the subject has given some Black critics and audiences pause, especially those who feel that too many films and TV shows focus on Black pain and trauma, even with the best of intentions.
Ever since it was announced, the movie Till has spurred a lot of questions about how it would portray its disturbing real-life events. There have been countless poems, songs, plays and documentaries about Emmett Till, whose 1955 lynching — by two white men who were ultimately acquitted — provoked a national outcry that helped ignite the American civil rights movement. But the idea of a Hollywood movie on the subject has given some Black critics and audiences pause, especially those who feel that too many films and TV shows focus on Black pain and trauma, even with the best of intentions.
Emmett Till is known for his death. A new film about his mother also honors his life
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/us/mcmichaels-hearing-ahmaud-arbery/index.html
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July 13, 2021
SOURCE :
https://www.nytimes.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-shooting-georgia.html
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By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN
Updated 10:44 PM ET, Thu June 4, 2020
SOURCE :
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/us/mcmichaels-hearing-ahmaud-arbery/index.html
What We Know About the Shooting Death of Ahmaud Arbery
Mr. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was chased by armed white residents of a South Georgia neighborhood. They were arrested months later and are scheduled to face trial in October.
July 13, 2021
SOURCE :
https://www.nytimes.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-shooting-georgia.html
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Ahmaud Arbery was hit with a truck before he died, and his killer allegedly used a racial slur,...
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