the weight of responsibility, the weight of the civil rights movement on you, as you made this movie? oh, i felt every inch of it. and i knew that i had to honour it, i had to give it that kind of reverence. we have to tell these stories. if we don t recognise our history, we re doomed to repeat it. emmett was lynched for whistling at a white female shopkeeper in this segregated part of america. but the film deliberately doesn t show the violence he suffered at the hands of the woman s husband and another relative. i think we re overjust the grotesque nature of witnessing violence on black bodies. it shouldn t take that kind of visual to ignite folks to resist the kind of atrocities that are happening that had happened in 1955, that continue to happen to black people or any oppressed group of people. back in 1955, mamie till mobley had her son s violated body photographed, and insisted on an open casket at his funeral.
in this segregated part of america. but the film deliberately doesn t show the violence he suffered at the hands of the woman s husband and another relative. i think we re overjust the grotesque nature of witnessing violence on black bodies. it shouldn t take that kind of visual to ignite folks to resist the kind of atrocities that are happening that had happened in 1955, that continue to happen to black people or any oppressed group of people. back in 1955, mamie till mobley had her son s violated body photographed, and insisted on an open casket at his funeral. many thousands filed past it. that smell is my son s body reeking of racial hatred. come with me, please. she was one of the first people to recognise how vitally important the image would be to the world. and i think when you see what happened with george floyd, that young woman who kept
as you made this movie? oh, i felt every inch of it. and i knew that i had to honour it, i had to give it that kind of reverence. we have to tell these stories. if we don t recognise our history, we re doomed to repeat it. emmett was lynched for whistling at a white female shopkeeper in this segregated part of america. but the film deliberately doesn t show the violence he suffered at the hands of the woman s husband and another relative. i think we re over just the grotesque nature of witnessing violence on black bodies. it shouldn t take that kind of visual to ignite folks to resist the kind of atrocities that are happening, that had happened in 1955, that continue to happen to black people or any oppressed group of people. back in 1955, mamie till mobley had her son s violated body photographed and insisted on an open casket at his funeral. many thousands filed past it.
to repeat it. emmett was lynched for whistling at a white female shopkeeper in this segregated part of america. but the film deliberately doesn t show the violence he suffered at the hands of the woman s husband and another relative. i think we re overjust the grotesque nature of witnessing violence on black bodies. it shouldn t take that kind of visual to ignite folks to resist the kind of atrocities that are happening that had happened in 1955, that continue to happen to black people or any oppressed group of people. back in 1955, mamie till mobley had her son s violated body photographed, and insisted on an open casket at his funeral. many thousands filed past it. that smell is my son s body reeking of racial hatred. come with me, please. she was one of the first people to recognise how vitally important the image
you have to be extra careful with white people, you can t risk looking at them the wrong way. i know! i wondered how much you felt the weight of responsibility, the weight of the civil rights movement on you, as you made this movie? oh, i felt every inch of it, and i knew that i had to honour it, i had to give it that kind of reverence. we have to tell these stories. if we don t recognise our history, we re doomed to repeat it. emmett was lynched for whistling at a white female shopkeeper in this segregated part of america. but the film deliberately doesn t show the violence he suffered at the hands of the woman s husband and another relative. i think we re overjust the grotesque nature of witnessing violence on black bodies. it shouldn t take that kind of visual to ignite folks to resist the kind of atrocities that are happening that had happened in 1955, that continue to happen to black people, or any oppressed group of people. back in 1955, mamie till mobley had her son s violated