My Nephew Emmett

This visually ravishing and thought-provoking work portrays one of the USA’s great shames—the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till by two white men in Mississippi—and movingly reminds us of this dark episode’s enduring relevance.

Director: Kevin Wilson, Jr.

Cast: Jasmine Guy, Charlie Talbert, Dane Rhodes, L.B. Williams, Dorian Davis, Emily Hooper, Tylon Larry, William Perkins

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.