Women of the Movement

I started off 2021 going back & forth between Tennessee and Mississippi. While I still had clients and jobs in Nashville. I was honored to be a part of the makeup dept for the ABC limited series Women of the Movement which was filmed around Greenwood, MS.

Women of the Movement is an anthology series that chronicles stories of the civil rights movement "as told by the women behind it. Produced by JAY-Z and Will Smith the first season is centered on Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till.

Emmitt Till was the 14-year-old boy that was tragically lynched in 1955. Locals became aggravated after Till had a friendly conversation with a white woman in a grocery store and, a few days later, brutally murdered him. His killers were later acquitted, leading his mother and other civil rights activists to seek justice. Just three months later,  the Montgomery bus boycotts began, signaling the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

ABC has announced that Women of the Movement will air 6 episodes starting in late 2021 and running into early 2022. Check out the first trailer for Women of the Movement below.