My Nephew Emmett (2018)
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.
- Date of release
- 2018-02-09
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (20)
- Runtime
- 19m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Director
- Kevin Wilson, Jr.
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
My Nephew Emmett is an American live-action short film directed by Kevin Wilson Jr. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018. Wilson won the Student Academy Award for Best Narrative, producing it while a graduate student at New York University.
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