throughout my life the name be kept resurfacing when I got into high school I was interracially
dating the first thing my parents would tell me before I left the house at night was don't
let what happened to Emmett Till happened to you did you have a son who in his lifetime
was known as Emmett Till yes sir in 67 years many have tried to make this film everyone
from the likes of Rod Serling who created The Twilight Zone to William Bradley Huey
whose name is synonymous with the Emmett Till case because he was the reporter who got the
men to confess in 1955.
and both of them um you know had failed and meteos have failed along the way and so to
be in this position to finally get this story told I'm just so overwhelmed because it was
a promise fulfilled the body of Emmett Lewis Hill has been found dead I need to prepare
you when I made that decision to take on this project I knew there was no way I could move
forward without meaning the late Mrs mainly tell Mobley and Matilda's mother and so almost
immediately after I made the decision to pursue this story um we all you know just like now
you have these discussions about appropriation and who's telling people's stories you know
and we were having that same discussion then and I told everyone that there was no way
I would ever tell this story about the people who lived it and we end up talking for two
and a half hours the first time and I explained to her how Emmett Till was so intricate in
my life and how I was introduced to the story and I wanted in some way to help her fight
for justice for our son but also bring her son's story to the big screen those pictures
change people's lives maybe you have the Public's attention right now we have an opportunity
Danielle deadwalla has been so spectacular in playing the role of my dear Shiro and to
have someone like that on board who had dedicated you know that time this time to really um
do the research um to play the role you know that she played was just oh my God I was just
overwhelmed and I lost for words at times because it all I ever wanted to do was to
make sure people experienced the woman that I knew she was a huge inspiration to me and
I wanted people to walk away from the theaters being inspired themselves but they had to
meet Mother mobile and um Danielle brought her to life
[Applause]
a son and I just want to encourage everyone to please go out and support till because
what we saw happen to him until in 1955 is some of the same things that we're seeing
today there's no other story that speaks more to this generation political and racial climate
than the story of Emmett Lewis till and I think people would walk away with that after
they have seen it now I know what happens to any of us anywhere in the world that better
be the business of us all [Applause] [Music]
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