Showing 1 - 15 of 17 articles tagged "Women of the Movement"

• Posted Saturday 2/26/22 at 4:55AM EST

  TV's docudrama trend is worrisome, from Inventing Anna to Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

  While there have been stellar shows depicting real-life events -- from Chernobyl to Unbelievable to When They See Us -- the many...

• Posted Friday 1/07/22 at 3:24AM EST

  ABC's Women of the Movement struggles to tell the story of Mamie Till-Mobley, Emmett Till’s mother

  The six-part anthology series "may be marketed as a story told from the perspective of Till’s mother, but she’s ultimately...

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  Posted Thursday 1/06/22 at 3:00AM EST

  TV Today: FOX Reboots Joe Millionaire, ABC Bows Women of the Movement

  One-time pop culture sensation Joe Millionaire returns to FOX tonight with a fresh twist that sees two single men —...

• Posted Thursday 12/02/21 at 1:47PM EST

  ABC's Women of the Movement gets a companion docuseries

  Let the World See will delve into the events that the anthology series dramatizes, starting with the life of civil rights...

• Posted Thursday 10/21/21 at 1:53PM EDT

  ABC's Women of the Movement unveils its premiere date and trailer

  The anthology series celebrating prominent women in history will begin by focusing on Mamie Till-Mobley as she pursues justice for...

• Posted Friday 8/20/21 at 6:42PM EDT

  Timothy Hutton joins ABC's Women of the Movement

  The Oscar-winning actor will play Jesse J.

• Posted Thursday 6/17/21 at 9:09PM EDT

  Women of the Movement adds Gary Basaraba

  He'll play Sheriff Clarence Strider, the sheriff of Tallahatchie County Mississippi and a wealthy plantation owner, on the ABC limited...

• Posted Tuesday 3/30/21 at 4:37PM EDT

  Women of the Movement adds Gil Bellows

  The Patriot and Ally McBeal alum will play the Southern-born district attorney who fought to bring Emmett Till’s killers to...

• Posted Wednesday 3/10/21 at 2:00PM EST

  The Good Lord Bird's Joshua Caleb Johnson joins ABC's Women of the Movement

  He'll star on the limited series as Wheeler Parker Jr.

• Posted Wednesday 1/06/21 at 7:56PM EST

  Women of the Movement replaces Niecy Nash with Tony winner Tonya Pinkins

  Nash had to exit the ABC limited series on Emmett Till's mother due to personal reasons.

• Posted Thursday 12/17/20 at 1:42PM EST

  Ray Fisher joins ABC's Women of the Movement

  The Justice League vet will star in the limited series as Gene Mobley, "the man who would have been Emmett...

• Posted Wednesday 12/09/20 at 5:02PM EST

  ABC's Women of the Movement adds Glynn Turman

  The Emmy-winning actor will play Mose Wright, Emmett Till’s great uncle who's a sharecropper, minister and proud family man.

• Posted Thursday 12/03/20 at 2:18PM EST

  ABC's Women of the Movement casts Cedric Joe as Emmitt Till

  Joe will play the 14-year-old from Chicago who became a Civil Rights icon after he was brutally murdered in a...

• Posted Friday 11/13/20 at 6:51PM EST

  Niecy Nash joins ABC's Women of the Movement

  Nash will play the grandmother of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old whose brutal murder in 1955 became a focal point in...

• Posted Friday 10/16/20 at 2:13PM EDT

  Adrienne Warren, fresh off her Tony nomination, cast as Mamie Till-Mobley in ABC's Women of the Movement

  Warren earned her second Tony nomination Thursday for playing Tina Turner in Broadway's Tina — The Tina Turner Musical.