Taraji P. Henson’s Production Company Set to Release Emmett Till Story

Taraji P. Henson has proven time and time again that sheโ€™s unstoppable.

According to TV-One, while on a press tour for her latest film, Proud Mary, the Emmy-Award winning star of the Fox T.V. series EMPIRE revealed that her production company TPH Productions is slated to release the story of Emmett Till, the 14-year old boy who was murdered after whistling at a white women in 1955 in Money, Mississippi.

The biopic will be directed by Oscar nominee John Singleton (boyz n the hood).

Tillโ€™s case would go on to spark a major shift in the Civil Rights movement.ย Last year the case found its way back in the news when Tillโ€™s accuser, Carolyn Bryant Donham, admitted to lying to the FBI that Till touched her.

โ€œWe donโ€™t have a start date yet, but the deal definitely has been done. Thatโ€™s one [film] that Iโ€™ve been passionate about since Trayvon Martin was murdered,โ€ Henson said.

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