| WOMEN OF THE MOVEMENT (ABC)
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
1/6/22
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1/20/22
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STATUS:
canceled/ended (2021-2022 season) |
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season |
SEASON(S):
1 (6 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air) |
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
confirmed as canceled on 5/17/22 |
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's web site, January 2022) This six-episode series to be aired in three parts is based on the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley, who in 1955 risked her life to find justice after her son Emmett was brutally murdered in the Jim Crow South. Unwilling to let Emmett's murder disappear from the headlines, Mamie chose to bear her pain on the world's stage, emerging as an activist for justice and igniting the civil rights movement as we know it today. The limited series stars Adrienne Warren as Mamie Till-Mobley, Tonya Pinkins as Alma, Cedric Joe as Emmett Till, Ray Fisher as Gene Mobley, Glynn Turman as Mose Wright, Chris Coy as J.W. Milam, Carter Jenkins as Roy Bryant and Julia McDermott as Carolyn Bryant. "Women of the Movement" is produced by Kapital Entertainment and created by Marissa Jo Cerar, who also serves as executive producer and showrunner. Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., Dr. Marvel Parker, Ms. Ollie Gordon and Christopher Benson serve as consultants for the series. Executive producers are Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor and Michael Lohmann for Kapital Entertainment; Shawn Carter, Jay Brown and Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith for Roc Nation; Will Smith and James Lassiter for Westbrook; Rosanna Grace for Serendipity Group Inc.; Alex Foster and John Powers Middleton for Middleton Media Group; David Clark for Mazo Partners; and Gina Prince-Bythewood. The first episode is written by Marissa Jo Cerar and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Tina Mabry, Julie Dash and Kasi Lemmons also serve as directors on the limited series. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Adrienne Warren as Mamie Till-Mobley
· Alex Désert as Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard
· Carter Jenkins as Roy Bryant
· Cedric Joe as Emmett Till
· Chris Butler as Rayfield Mooty
· Chris Coy as J.W. Milam
· Daniel Abeles as Chet Packton
· Gary Basaraba as Clarence Strider
· Gil Bellows as Gerald Chatham
· Glynn Turman as Mose Wright
· Jason Turner as James Hicks
· Joshua Caleb Johnson as Wheeler Parker Jr.
· Julia McDermott as Carolyn Bryant
· Leslie Silva as Ruby Hurley
· Miles Fowler as Simeon Booker
· Ray Fisher as Gene Mobley
· Timothy Hutton as Jesse J. Breland
· Tongayi Chirisa as Medgar Evers
· Tonya Pinkins as Alma
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RECURRING/PREVIOUS CAST INFORMATION:
· Niecy Nash as Alma (Originally Cast)
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Aaron Kaplan as EP
· Alex Foster as EP
· Dana Honor as EP
· David Clark as EP
· Gina Prince-Bythewood as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· James Lassiter as EP
· Jay Brown as EP
· John Powers Middleton as EP
· Marissa Jo Cerar as CRTR/EP
· Michael Lohmann as EP
· Rosanna Grace as EP
· Shawn Carter as EP
· Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith as EP
· Will Smith as EP
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Kapital Entertainment
· Mazo Partners
· Middleton Media Group, The
· Roc Nation
· Serendipity Group
· Westbrook Studios
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