May 30, 2003
Professor Seeks to Make Film About Lawyer Who Defended Racist Murderers; Scholarly Press Publishes Screenplays of 3 Novels by Doctorow
A HAUNTING TALE: The recent spate of renewed attention to the murder of Emmett Till -- a handful of books and the completion of two documentary films -- won't be our last reminder of his lynching if Clenora Hudson-Weems has her way. She wants to tell the story from another perspective, and is pitching a feature film about one of the lawyers who successfully defended Till's killers (who later bragged about committing the crime). Barry Morrow, the Oscar-winning writer of Rain Man, has
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