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Jan
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DAR HE: The Lynching of Emmett Till
11:00 AM - 7:59 PM EST
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Added by ConcourseConnect SystemFree admission starting at 2:30 p.m. Seating is limited. First come, first served.
Days after stepping off the train, 14-year old Emmett Till from Chicago goes missing in Money, Mississippi. Later, the boy’s mutilated body is found in a river. William Bradford Huie of Look magazine interviews the people of Money to get at the root of what happened. The two men acquitted for the boy’s murder, Roy Bryant Jr. and J.W. Milam, agree to sit down to discuss the trial. Not a word had been uttered outside a courtroom by them or their kin, until now… * DAR HE: The Lynching of Emmett Till, is the TRUE STORY crafted from the public record: a transfixing, true-dramatization of the historic interviews and events surrounding the murder that became a lightning rod for moral outrage and pivotal in inspiring a whole generation of young people to commit to social change in the 1950s.
A discussion panel featuring filmmaker, writer, and actor MIke Wiley will follow the screening. Other panelists include Rob Underhill and Aravind Ragupathi.
There will be a food drive in the lobby. In partnership with Good Hope Farm the Town of Cary is focusing on food security this year during Dreamfest. All collected food will be donated to Dorcas Ministries, to provide emergency assistance to our community in need.