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TANISHA FORDHAM COVER STORY
TaNisha became involved in the project
partially as a result of her relationship with
the director Wilson, his wife and children.
TaNisha was excited to talk about being the
godmother of Wilson’s youngest son. She
talked about Wilson’s wife and the close
relationship that their families have. TaNisha
and Wilson have worked on various projects
together, she even helped as a producer on
one of Wilson’s very first short films entitled,
“RED”.
As TaNisha and I, talked you could see the
excitement and determination to make sure
that this story was told down to each minute
detail. She discussed when they went
location scouting for the film. Wilson wanted
to visit the exact place where Emmett Till
was found after being murdered. TaNisha
I give Wilson so many props for so many
reasons. It was amazing that Wilson was goes into great detail on how this particular
situation made Wilson feel, even discussing
able to take a story that has been often told, his visceral, emotional response while
and make it into such a new and riveting standing in front of the Tallahatchie river. I
piece. Also it was “good leadership 101” that actually got goosebumps when she told this
Wilson allowed other people, such as story.
TaNisha, to experience this storytelling
journey with him. It takes a lot of courage What I love about TaNisha is that she gets so
and heart to allow people to participate in wrapped up in telling each and every detail
the creation of a work that is so important to concerning the making of the film. It’s
you; the story of Emmett Till (from TaNisha’s obvious that this is a woman who believes in
perspective) was one of those stories that what she is doing and her faith moves in
Wilson just had to tell, TaNisha felt honored every process causing everything to line up
to have been a part, no matter how small. in the way that it is supposed to. I mean, she
should be a motivational speaker because I
We won’t even get into the history of the was literally clinging from her every word.
story because there is so much depth and
nuance. However, I advise you to do your
research after reading this article and
watching my interview on ExumMusic.
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