Rueben's Ramblings

On January 6, the 6-part limited series Women of the Movement will debut on ABC for two hours at 8 PM.

Based on the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley (Adrienne Warren from the Broadway play Tina: The Tina Turner Musical), who in 1955 risked her life to find justice after her son Emmett (Cedric Joe) 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 cast includes Alex Desert, Carter Jenkins, Gil Bellows, Joshua Caleb Johnson, Ray Fisher and Timothy Hutton.

Here is a trailer for Women of the Movement:

NOTE: This limited series will air in three two-hour parts over three consecutive weeks.