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Is a fresh and deep examination of a mother's fight to bring her son's body home to Chicago and her pivotal yet heartbreaking decision to have an open-casket funeral for the public to see, which ultimately served as a turning point for the civil rights movement. A journey back to the Jim Crow South to face her son's murderers in court.
Original Release
01/06/2022 on ABC
US Release
01/06/2022
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Nia Long | Mamie Till-Mobley / Mamie Til-Mobley |
Common | Self |
Michelle Obama | Self |
Jesse Jackson | Self |
Christopher Benson | Self / Self - Author Of 'Death Of Innocent' |
Ollie Gordon | Self / Self - Cousin Of Emmett Till |
Thelma Wright | Self / Self - Cousin Of Emmett Till |
Wheeler Parker | Self / Self - Cousin Of Emmett Till |
Betty Pearson | Self / Self - Member Biracial Mississippi Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission of Civil Rights |
Angie Thomas | Self / Self - Author 'The Hate U Gave' |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | The Boy From Chicago | Thursday, 06 January 2022 |
2 | There He Is | Thursday, 13 January 2022 |
3 | Say His Name | Thursday, 20 January 2022 |
Directors
Jeanmarie Condon, Fatima Curry
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nia Long | Mamie Till-Mobley / Mamie Til-Mobley |
Common | Self |
Michelle Obama | Self |
Jesse Jackson | Self |
Christopher Benson | Self / Self - Author Of 'Death Of Innocent' |
Ollie Gordon | Self / Self - Cousin Of Emmett Till |
Thelma Wright | Self / Self - Cousin Of Emmett Till |
Wheeler Parker | Self / Self - Cousin Of Emmett Till |
Betty Pearson | Self / Self - Member Biracial Mississippi Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission of Civil Rights |
Angie Thomas | Self / Self - Author 'The Hate U Gave' |
Michael Eric Dyson | Self / Self - Author 'Long Time Coming' |
Amos Smith | Self / Self - Cousin Of Emmett Till |
John Edgar Wideman | Self / Self - Author 'Writing To Save A Life: The Louis Till File' |
Marvel Parker | Self |
Johnny Thomas | Self / Self - Mayor Of Glendora MS |
Annie Wright | Self / Self - Wife Of Simeon Wright |
Dan Wakefield | Self |
Khalil Gibran Muhammad | Self - Professor Of History Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School |
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall | Self - Playwright Dreams Of Emmett Till |
David Lee Jordan | Self - Mississippi State Senator |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jay-Z | Executive Producer |
Fatima Curry | Executive Producer |
Jeanmarie Condon | Executive Producer |
Ava Palmo | Producer |
Emma Piscia | Producer |
Jessica Hinds | Producer |
Adrienne Magun | Producer |
John Galli | Producer |