From WHY and Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Sam Brigger in FrateriCrosse.

Today, director Chenoya Choukou, her new film Till tells the story of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old

boy from Chicago, who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 while visiting relatives. Choukou makes Emmett's

mother, Mamie Till Mowbly, the center of the story, how she insisted that his mutilated body

be photographed and displayed in an open casket for his funeral. The photograph was published

in Jet Magazine, and it waked the world to a horrific reality the black community knew

all too well. Also, we'll hear from Ramona Emerson. Her first novel, Shutter, is about a police

department photographer, who, like Emerson, grew up in the Navajo Nation. In the story

of the photographers haunted by the ghost of a victim from the crime scene, she's photographed.

And Ken Tucker will review Taylor Swift's new album.

This is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Sam Brigger in FrateriCrosse. For generations, the story

of Emmett Till's lynching was told as a cautionary tale that starts with an image of Till's

mutilated body in an open casket. The 14-year-old, who was from Chicago, was murdered in 1955

for allegedly flirting with a white woman while visiting family in Mississippi. Sixty-seven

years later, a new movie tells the story of Emmett Till through the lens of his mother,

Mamie Till Mowbly. Till was co-written and directed by Chinoia Choukou, who makes Emmett

Till's mother the protagonist, illustrating how her decisions became a catalyst for the

Civil Rights movement. Choukou sat down to talk about the movie with guest interviewer,

and host of the podcast Truth Be Told, Tanya Mosley.

Like most black people in America, Chinoia Choukou grew up learning about the story of Emmett

Till. But what she and fewer people knew was the journey of Emmett's mother, Mamie Till

Mowbly, before and after her son was lynched. In the summer of 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till

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