''My Nephew Emmett'' is an American

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short film directed by

Kevin Wilson Jr. Kevin Wilson Jr. is an American filmmaker, best known for his film, ''My Nephew Emmett'' for which he received critical acclaim and was winner at Student Academy Award, and received an Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for Best Live Act ...

It was nominated for an

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at the

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in 2018. Wilson won the Student Academy Award for Best Narrative, producing it while a graduate student at

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Plot

The murder of 14-year-old

Emmett Till Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941August 28, 1955) was a 14-year-old African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery ...

in 1955 Mississippi is experienced from his uncle's perspective.

Cast

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as Elizabeth Wright * Dane Rhodes as J.W. Milam * L.B. Williams as Mose Wright * Joshua Wright as

Reception

Critical response

''My Nephew Emmett'' has an approval rating of 91% on

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, based on 11 reviews, and an average rating of 8.83/10.

Awards and nominations

At the 90th Annual Academy Awards ceremony in 2018, the film was nominated for the

References

External links

* * 2017 films 2017 short films Drama films based on actual events Films about racism in the United States Films set in Mississippi Civil rights movement in film 2017 drama films American drama short films American student films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films Emmett Till in fiction {{Short-drama-film-stub