The tragic murder of Emmett Till is the focal point for a six-episode limited series intended to launch an anthology franchise about the women central to the civil rights movement.
as a potential brand — and when these six episodes keep a clear eye on that concept, the result is a searing perspective on history most viewers will only know in part. When that focus wavers,The first episode, written by Cerar and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, leads with life instead of death.
It’s not a spoiler — ABC has asked critics to be oddly cautious with what counts as “history” — to say that the market run-in, which Prince-Bythewood avoids depicting in its totality, sparks local rumors and prompts Carolyn’s husband, Roy , and Roy’s half-brother J.W. to abduct and kill Emmett, an event that sparked outrage in much of the country. “Let the people see what they did to my boy,” Mamie famously declared, insisting on an open casket viewing for her unrecognizable child.
The peak version of this story indeed might have been built entirely around Mamie and Ruby, two women pushing the movement forward from very different backgrounds. Butspends later episodes depicting the murder trial and several bordering-on-anonymous reporters doing investigative work at the same time.
Mind you, those are entertaining inspirations , and I’m sure it adds to accessibility to let audiences experience the comfortable discomfort of burning crosses and sneering Mississippi legal bigotry. But every time we linger on events Mamie couldn’t have known about and conversations she couldn’t have been privy to, what’s distinctive here dissipates a little.kept its eye exclusively on the eponymous women.
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