**Leslie Silva** as NAACP organizer Ruby Hurley, **Tony Vaughn** as John Carthan, and **Adrienne Warren** as Mamie Till Mobley in episode 4 (directed by **Julie Dash**) of ABC limited series ***Women of the Movement***.

In episode 8 of the podcast we talk with filmmaker and award-winning director, Julie Dash who directed the recent ABC limited series Women of the Movement based on the true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s attempts to get justice for the brutal murder of her 14-year old son Emmett Till in the Jim Crow South of 1955. Mamie Till Mobley’s activism for justice accelerated the Civil Rights Movement.

In this podcast episode we cover:

Julie Dash’s film and television work in historical drama, including Women of the Movement
The influence of Black women writers and cultural workers in Julie Dash’s creative work, and…
The impact of bringing untold stories from history to the screen, particularly how we believe and remember history.

Listen - Episode 8

About Julie Dash

Thirty years ago, filmmaker Julie Dash broke through racial and gender boundaries with her Sundance award-winning film (Best Cinematography) Daughters of the Dust. She became the first African American woman to have a wide theatrical release of her feature film. The Library of Congress placed Daughters of the Dust and her UCLA Master of Fine Arts senior thesis Illusions in the National Film Registry.

In 2003 the television film, The Rosa Parks Story about the civil rights activist, received NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Television Movie and Outstanding Lead Actress Angela Bassett who played the featured role. The film was nominated for an Emmy and Directors Guild of America awards making Julie Dash the first African-American woman nominated by the DGA in the category of "Primetime Movies Made for Television."

Julie Dash is known for having directed episodes of the award-winning drama series Queen Sugar, created and produced by Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey, for OWN Television, as well as an episode of Our Kind of People for FOX/Hulu.

Julie Dash is the recipient of the Special Award at the 82nd New York Film Critics Circle, the 2017 Women & Hollywood Trailblazer Award, the 2017 New York Women in Film & Television MUSE Award, The Ebert Award, and she was inducted into the Penn Cultural Center’s 1862 Circle on St. Helena Island.

Julie Dash has several documentary projects in the works, including Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl, a feature-length documentary in-progress about Vertamae Smart Grosvenor, a world-renowned author, performer, and chef from rural South Carolina.

Julie Dash is a Diana King Endowed Professor in the Department of Art & Visual Culture at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.
Filmmaker website

Read more about Julie Dash in this 2017 feature story — “The Filmmaker Who Sweetened Beyoncé’s Lemoade Guides a New Generation” by podcast co-host Michon Boston for The Washington Post Magazine.

Connect with Julie Dash on Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn

Women of the Movement

This six-episode limited series, Women of the Movement premiered on ABC January 6 - 20, 2022 (2 episodes weekly). The series 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 created by Marissa Jo Cerar, who also serves as executive producer and showrunner (and also wrote the first episode). Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., Dr. Marvel Parker, Ms. Ollie Gordon and Christopher Benson serve as consultants for the series. Executive producers include Shawn Carter (Jay-Z) and Will Smith. In addition to Julie Dash, Gina Prince-Blythewood, Tina Mabry, and Kasi Lemmons also serve as directors on the limited series. Below are the titles and directing credits for the 6 episodes.

Episode One, “Mother and Son,” directed by Gina Prince-Blythewood
Episode Two, “Only Skin,” Jan 6, 2022, directed by Tina Mabry
Episode Three, “Let the People See” directed by Tina Mabry
Episode Four, “Manhunt” directed by Julie Dash
Episode Five, “Mothers and Sons” directed by Julie Dash
Episode Six, “The Last Word”, directed by Kasi Lemmons

Available on ABC Live/On Demand and Hulu

Series website

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