Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNiecy Nash (Claws) is set to co-star opposite Adrienne Warren in ABC’s limited series The Women of the Movement, from creator/writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.Nash will play Alma, Emmett Till’s grandmother.
After Emmett’s murder in Mississippi, Alma, a young grandmother who had been like a second mother to Emmett, fought to protect her family in Chicago while her daughter Mamie (Warren)travelled the country seeking justice in Emmett’s name.
A force of nature, Alma was Mamie’s rock in the face of unbelievable tragedy. The Women of the Movement is inspired by the book “Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights.
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