My Nephew Emmett (2017)
- Directed by
- Kevin Wilson Jr.
- Genre
- history, drama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 19 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Set in the 1950s American South, a man struggles to protect his teenage nephew from a racist mob. The film shows his desperate efforts and the tragic outcome.
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What happens
My Nephew Emmett is an American live-action short film directed by Kevin Wilson Jr. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018. Wilson won the Student Academy Award for Best Narrative, producing it while a graduate student at New York University. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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