Will Smith and Jay Z found success when they signed on as producers for the Broadway musical, Fela, and now the two will team up again to produce an HBO mini series about Emmett Till.
Entertainment Weekly reports the two, along with Jay Brown, James Lassiter, and Aaron Kaplan are executive producing the untitled mini series. Emmett Till was a 14 year old from Chicago sent to spend the summer in Mississippi. One evening, Till was kidnapped from his bedroom and savagely beaten by white men because he whistled at a white woman. At Till’s funeral, his mother had an open casket to showcase the brutality of her son’s death.
Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, the men responsible for Till murder were found not guilty of their crimes, but later publicly admitted their involvement. Currently there are no writers for the mini series or an expected release date.
Source: Will Smith and Jay Z To Produce Emmett Till Mini Series For HBO | Vibe