The legendary late film critic Roger Ebert’s wife Chaz Ebert will develop a feature film on Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, and how the crime that was his death led to action by her, that helped galvanize the civil rights movement.
Announced at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday, to be made in partnership with Shatterglass Films, the film will be based on the book, “Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America,” which was co-written by Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley (who passed away in 2003), and journalist Christopher Benson.
Here’s a synopsis: "There are many heroes of the civil rights movement – men and women we can look to for…
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