Dar He: The Lynching of Emmett Till

A Film by Mike Wiley Productions. Mr. Wiley will attend this presentation of his film and engage the audience in a post-film discussion. Free and open to the public, with support from Virginia Humanities.

DAR HE: The Lynching of Emmett Till, is the true story crafted from the public record: a transfixing, true dramatization of the historic interviews and events surrounding the murder that became a lightning rod for moral outrage and pivotal in inspiring a whole generation of young people to commit to social change in the 1950s. “His death was a spark that ignited the Civil Rights Movement in America,” Ed Bradley, Emmy Award-winning journalist.

The film was adapted from the acclaimed one-man play written and performed by Mike Wiley, similarly titled, Dar He: The Story of Emmett Till. In the play and the film, Wiley plays every character.