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Will Smith is shedding light on true stories behind his latest miniseries, .ET's Nischelle Turner spoke to Smith at the Palm Springs International Film Awards, where he touched on the importance of the show, which tells the story of Mamie Till-Mobley, who devoted her life to seeking justice for her son, Emmett Till, following his brutal murder.«There was a time in my life, where I was concerned with being a movie star and that concern has moved on,» Smith, who is serving as an executive producer on the series said of taking projects like  and his most recent film,. «I want to make stories that make me smile, I want to tell stories that make me cry and I want to tell stories about the triumph of the human spirit.»«I want to create things that have some contributing value to the human family,» Smith continued.In addition to boasting an all-star cast, the series also has JAY-Z as an executive producer on the project, with both the Oscar-nominated actor and 23-time GRAMMY-winning rapper signing on via their respective production companies, Overbrook and Roc Nation.ET's Kevin Frazier spoke with the cast at the show's Los Angeles premiere last month, and while they admit that none of them have talked to Smith or JAY-Z, their impact as collaborators was felt throughout.Cedric Joe, who portrays Till-Mobley's son, Emmett, said knowing Smith and JAY-Z were part of the project made it that much more special.«It's definitely exciting, especially growing up and being fans [of them],» Joe said.

Actress and producer Nia Long has signed on to ABC’s Let The World See, a limited docuseries chronicling Mamie Till-Mobley’s quest for justice that sparked the civil rights movement after her son Emmett Till’s brutal murder.

Marta Balaga Haley Bennett, the first recipient of EnergaCamerimage Film Festival’s New Generation Acting Award, will follow Joe Wright’s “Cyrano” with Whoopi Goldberg-produced “Till,” about the infamous murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of “offending” white woman Carolyn Bryant.

A new series about the Civil Rights movement is shining a spotlight on the women who led the way.

Selome Hailu editorABC announced that “Women of the Movement,” the upcoming limited series based on the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley, will premiere on Jan. 6 at 8 p.m.

Women of the Movement is set to make its ABC debut in the new year.

Angelique Jackson MGM’s Orion Pictures’ film “Till,” starring Danielle Deadwyler, Whoopi Goldberg and Jalyn Hall as Emmett Till, has rounded out its cast.Frankie Faison, Jayme Lawson, Tosin Cole, Kevin Carroll, Sean Patrick Thomas, John Douglas Thompson and Roger Guenveur Smith have boarded the project, directed by Chinonye Chukwu.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominee Timothy Hutton (American Crime) is set for a recurring role in ABC’s limited series Women of the Movement, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

Till, a film about Black teenager Emmett Till who was murdered by a white mob in Mississippi in 1955.The actor, who is in the rare stratosphere of EGOT recipients (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony), will star as Till’s grandmother Alma Carthan in the film. Goldberg will also produce the film.Directed and written by Chinonye Chukwu, the film will focus on Till’s mother Mamie Till-Mobley (played by Danielle Deadwyler) and her fight for justice.

Angelique Jackson Whoopi Goldberg and Danielle Deadwyler will star in Chinonye Chukwu’s upcoming film “Till,” about Mamie Till-Mobley’s fight for justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Louis Till.Deadwyler will portray Mamie Till-Mobley, while Goldberg is set to play Till’s grandmother, Alma Carthan. Goldberg will also serve as a producer on the project, for MGM’s Orion Pictures, alongside Keith Beauchamp, Barbara Broccoli, Thomas K.

Jimmy Kimmel made his annual appearance for the network's presentation of its new schedule to advertisers, for the second straight year done virtually.

Christopher Vourlias Having chronicled countless landmark moments in African-American history, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson (“The Black Panthers,” “The Murder of Emmett Till”) understands the stakes at a time when both the culture at large, as well as the documentary industry, are in the midst of a wholesale reckoning.

EXCLUSIVE: Marissa Jo Cerar, creator, executive producer and showrunner of Women Of the Movement, has signed an overall deal with Kapital Entertainment, the studio behind the upcoming ABC limited series about Mamie Till Mobley, who devoted her life to seeking justice for her son Emmett Till following his brutal killing in the Jim Crow South.

Martyrs demark the African-American experience. The documented lineage began with Emmett Till’s murder, his ravaged visage strewn across Jet Magazine’s issues, and continued through Medgar Evers’ assassinations, the four girls in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, and a cruel, etc.

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Coy, Julia McDermott and Carter Jenkins are set to co-star opposite Adrienne Warren in ABC’s limited series Women of the Movement, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

EXCLUSIVE: Tony winner Tonya Pinkins has been tapped to co-star opposite Adrienne Warren in ABC’s limited series Women of the Movement, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

Ray Fisher is taking on a new role!

Will Thorne Staff WriterRay Fisher has found his latest TV role.The “Justice League” and “True Detective” star has joined ABC’s “Women of the Movement” limited series, Variety has confirmed.The series will tell the story of key female figures in the Civil Rights Movement, with season 1 focusing on Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, played by Adrienne Warren. Fisher will play the role of Gene Mobley, Mamie’s devoted partner.

EXCLUSIVE: Ray Fisher is set co-star in ABC’s limited series Women of the Movement, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

Director Stanley Nelson (“The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution“) is known for his work examining Black history. He won Emmys for examining subjects such as Emmett Till, the Black Panthers, and the Civil Rights movement.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Glynn Turman has joined the cast of ABC’s limited series Women of the Movement, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNiecy Nash (Claws) is set to co-star opposite Adrienne Warren in ABC’s limited series The Women of the Movement, from creator/writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.Nash will play Alma, Emmett Till’s grandmother.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNiecy Nash has joined the cast of the upcoming ABC limited anthology series “Women of the Movement,” Variety has learned.The series will tell the story of key female figures in the Civil Rights Movement. Season 1 will focus on Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till.

Adrienne Warren is heading to TV after taking over Broadway!

NEW YORK -- Isabel Wilkerson's “Caste,” her acclaimed study of racism in the United States, is among 10 nominees on the National Book Award longlist for nonfiction.

Jay-Z and Will Smith on the life of Emmett Till and his mother has been picked up by ABC.On Friday (August 28), the American television network officially greenlit Women Of The Movement, a six-episode limited series focusing on Mamie Till Mobley and the moments sparking the beginning of the Civil Rights movement (as per Deadline).Emmett Till was killed by two white men in Mississippi on August 28, 1955.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterABC has given a series order to the limited anthology series “Women of the Movement,” which will tell the story of key female figures in the Civil Rights Movement.The show was first announced as being in development in August 2019. The first six-episode season is slated to debut in 2021.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVOn the 65th anniversary of Emmett Till’s murder, ABC has given official green light to Women of the Movement, a six-episode limited series focusing on Mamie Till Mobley, who devoted her life to seeking justice for her son Emmett Till following his brutal killing in the Jim Crow South.

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developed as an anthology — with a second season to potentially focus on Rosa Parks — but it will now be a limited series.The show will premiere in 2021.Also Read: Ratings: ABC Wins Broadcast's Convention-Coverage Battle on Final Night of RNCIt will be based on the book “Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement” by Devery S. Anderson.

Women of the Movement which debuts sometime in 2021. The six-episode series chronicles the journey of Mamie Till Mobley on her long, arduous journey seeking justice for the murder of her son Emmett Till, who, at the age of just 14, was lynched in 1955 for allegedly flirting with a white woman.Mobley dedicated her life to her cause, starting from the moment of Till's funeral.

Chinonye Chukwu, the filmmaker behind Clemency, will direct a movie about the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till and his motherMamie Till Mobley's subsequent pursuit of justice. The project will cover Mobley's insistence on an open casket funeral, which became a galvanizing moment that helped lead to the creation of the civil rights movement.

Showtime Documentary Films on Monday unveiled plans for the feature documentary Attica, about the 1971 prison rebellion in upstate New York, by director Stanley Nelson (The Murder of Emmett Till). The movie will debut on Showtime in 2021, the 50th anniversary of the five-day confrontation between prisoners and guards called a riot by some and a rebellion by others.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterShowtime Documentary Films has set  Attica from Emmy winner Stanley Nelson (Freedom Riders, The Murder of Emmett Till). The timely feature-length docu chronicles the five-day prison rebellion that transpired in the fall of 1971 in upstate New York and still stands as the largest and deadliest the country has ever witnessed.