My Nephew Emmett

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My Nephew Emmett

2017

20m

History

Drama

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55%

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At 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 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 racists who are out for blood.

Roberto Friedman

Bay Area Reporter

06/03/2020

Shocking, infuriating, and a part of American history that we all should know.

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Glenn Dunks

Junkee

06/20/2018

Straight forward, although doesn't really hit its dramatic stride until its concluding moments...

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Shaun Munro

Flickering Myth

03/19/2018

3.5/5

A devastating dramatisation of the hours leading up to the 1955 lynching of black Mississippi teenager Emmett Till.

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Laura Hiros

Diario La Estrella (Fort Worth, TX)

03/14/2018

5/5

Excellent narration and cinematography. [Full review in Spanish]

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

03/05/2018

4.5/5

Beautifully photographed, with the weight of abiding horror in its dour sepia tones...

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

03/01/2018

4/5

The writer/director achieves impressively high production values for his short and is clearly a man who knows how to surround himself with additional talent.

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03/07/2018

Compelling telling of night Emmett died. Chilling snapshot of that not so distant time in history

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Kevin Wilson Jr.

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Synopsis

At 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 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 racists who are out for blood.

Director: Kevin Wilson Jr.
Producer: Lauren L. Owen, Kevin Wilson Jr.
Screenwriter: Kevin Wilson Jr.
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 9, 2018
Runtime: 20m