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My Nephew Emmett

Short Film surrounding the 1955 murder of 14 year-old Emmett Louis Till.

written and directed by  Kevin Wilson, Jr.

cinematography by Laura Valladao

shot on 35mm and Medium Format Kodak Tri-X, Portra, Ektar, and Fuji Superia and a Canon 5d

View fullsize  Our director, Kevin, flew us all out to Mississippi to shoot along the very river Emmett's body was found so we'd feel as close to the memories of what happened as possible.  645 Kodak Tri-X (Medium Format)
View fullsize  DP Laura Valladao and gaffer Seth Margolies surveying the landscape on a tech scout on our first day on the location.  Kodak Tri-X (35mm)
View fullsize  645 Kodak Ektar (Medium Format)
View fullsize  Our production office  645 Kodak Portra (Medium Format)
View fullsize  Jasmine Guy as Elizabeth Wright and LB Williams as Mose Wright  645 Kodak Portra (Medium Format)
View fullsize  LB Williams as Mose Wright and Joshua Wright as Emmett Till  645 Kodak Portra (Medium Format)
View fullsize  LB Williams as Mose Wright and Joshua Wright as Emmett Till  645 Kodak Portra (Medium Format)
View fullsize  Jasmine Guy as Elizabeth Wright  Kodak Tri-X (35mm)
View fullsize  Actress Jasmine Guy and 2nd AC Kirsten Riccardi  Kodak Tri-X (35mm)
View fullsize  from L to R: gaffer Seth Margolies, writer/director Kevin Wilson, hair/make-up artist Tyneshia Knowles, sound mixer Aditi Mody, 2nd AC Kirsten Riccardi, actor LB Williams, DP Laura Valladao, actor Joshua Wright, and 1st AC Lin Que  Kodak Tri-X (35mm
View fullsize  Dane Rhodes as J.W. Milam and Ethan Leaverton as Roy Bryant   Canon 5d
View fullsize  Dane Rhodes as J.W. Milam and Ethan Leaverton as Roy Bryant   Canon 5d
View fullsize  Austin James as Deacon  Kodak Ektar (35mm)
View fullsize  Austin James as Deacon and LB Williams as Mose Wright  Kodak Ektar (35mm)
View fullsize  LB Williams as Mose Wright and Austin James as Deacon  Kodak Tri-X (35mm)
View fullsize  LB Williams as Mose Wright  645 Kodak Ektar (Medium Format)
View fullsize  Austin James as Deacon  645 Kodak Portra (Medium Format)
View fullsize  Writer/director Kevin Wilson and actor LB Williams  Kodak Ektar (35mm)
View fullsize  actor LB Williams enters set with his assistant  Canon 5d
View fullsize  LB Williams as Mose Wright  Canon 5d
View fullsize  Writer/director Kevin Wilson  Canon 5d
View fullsize  Writer/director Kevin Wilson on monitor
View fullsize  Dorian Davis as Maurice Wright, Ty Larry as Simeon Wright, and Joshua Wright as Emmett Till  Canon 5d
View fullsize  DP Laura Valladao talking with writer/director Kevin Wilson Jr.   Canon 5d
View fullsize  Chris Steele as Robert listening to an episode of Gunsmoke.  Canon 5d
View fullsize  Writer/director Kevin Wilson putting an episode of 'Gunsmoke' on between takes, another one of the ways he imbued us in the atmosphere of the film and the period.  Canon 5d
View fullsize  Writer/director Kevin Wilson and 1st AD Isabella Olaguera 
View fullsize  Joshua Wright as Emmett Till  Canon 5d
View fullsize  LB Williams as Mose Wright  Canon 5d
View fullsize  LB Williams as Mose Wright  Canon 5d
View fullsize  LB Williams as Mose Wright   Canon 5d
View fullsize  LB Williams as Mose Wright  Canon 5d
View fullsize  Writer/director Kevin Wilson realizing the actors pretending to sleep had gone full-method  Canon 5d
View fullsize  Jasmine Guy as Elizabeth Wright  Canon 5d
View fullsize  Writer/director Kevin Wilson giving words to actor LB Williams  Canon 5d
View fullsize  Actress Jasmine Guy between takes of a particularly tough scene for everybody  Canon 5d
View fullsize  Emily Hooper as Carolyn Bryant  Canon 5d
View fullsize  Joshua Wright as Emmett Till and Ethan Leaverton as Roy Bryant  Canon 5d
View fullsize  Actor LB Williams and writer/director Kevin Wilson  645 Kodak Portra (Medium Format)
View fullsize  LB Williams as Mose Wright  Canon 5d
View fullsize  2nd AC Kirsten Riccardi and 1st AC Lin Que  Canon 5d
View fullsize  Will Perkins as the journalist and Malcolm Driscoll as Jake Talbert  645 Kodak Ektar (Medium Format)
View fullsize  Malcom Driscoll as Jake Talbert  645 Kodak Ektar (Medium Format)
View fullsize  1st AC Lin Que, actor/producer Austin James, 2nd AC Kirsten Riccardi, and writer/director Kevin Wilson  Fuji Superia (35mm)