Dar He The Lynching of Emmett Till (2012)

There have been numerous treatments in various media of the horrific 1955 murder in Money Mississippi of 14yearold Chicagoan Emmett Till but none like this concise stunning dramatization in which actorwriter Mike Wiley plays all 36 rolesblack white male female young and old What might sound like a distracting stunt is in fact the films distinctive strength Relying on subtleties of acting rather than heavy makeup with seamless digital compositing in multicharacter scenes Wileys tour de force defamiliarizes the material with startling effectiveness and compels us to get under the skins of all the major players in the tragic events Gene Siskel Film Center