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Till

1955. After black 14-year-old Emmett Till is lynched in Mississippi for offending a white woman, his grieving mother goes public in her fight for justice.

Activist organisations aid her, but convincing a court in a racist rural town is an uphill battle.

2 hours

Last on

Thu 2 Oct 202523:00
BBC Two

Credits

Mamie Till-MobleyDanielle Deadwyler
Emmett TillJalyn Hall
Rayfield MootyKevin Carroll
John CarthanFrankie Faison
Carolyn BryantHaley Bennett
Myrlie EversJayme Lawson
Medgar EversTosin Cole
Gene MobleySean Patrick Thomas
Moses WrightJohn Douglas Thompson
Dr HowardRoger Guenveur Smith
Alma CarthanWhoopi Goldberg
DirectorChinonye Chukwu

Broadcasts

  • Sun 6 Oct 202422:00
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD
  • Tue 8 Oct 202422:45
    BBC Three
  • Thu 2 Oct 202523:00
    BBC Two