Jesse William is venturing into directing, and his first project will focus on Emmet Till's mother
"I'm honored to be directing the story of Mamie & Emmett: a tale of revolutionary defiance in the face of tremendous personal and public devastation," he told Deadline Monday. "An exploration of power and pulling back the curtain on cultural violence; of boyhood and maternity challenging America's reflex to hide from itself; underdogs refusing to pretend that terror is freedom." Till is based on Beauchamp's previously released documentary The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till.