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Emmett Till movie shown in Black town pivotal to the story

Por: ABC News Entertainment October 29, 2022

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MOUND BAYOU, Miss. -- The tiny, all-Black town of Mound Bayou became a safe haven for Emmett Till's mother as she traveled to Mississippi to testify in the murder trial of two white men who lynched her son in 1955.Hundreds of people — a good portion of Mound Bayou's 1,500 residents — turned out Thursday evening to watch the movie “Till.” The feature film is going into wide release across the U.S. this weekend after being in... + full article



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