When deciding how to approach this story of human heartbreak we decided not to approach it from the traditional narrative that would involve the depiction of a sham trial of the two men who perpetrated this horrible crime. What sane human compassionate human being would not believe that J.D. Milam and Roy Bryant killed this little black boy simply because he admired the beauty of a white woman…. The evidence was overwhelming that they killed and from a human point of view got away with it. The answer, of course, would be very few. And it is too horrible a thought to know that injustice triumphed over all that is good and fair forever It would be too heartbreaking to admit that the story of his tragic death and all that it stood for would be lost to the ages. For what help would it do for the human heart to relive Emmetts story in that way Again and again and finally again. And who would want to listen or watch? So we decided to tell Emmetts story in a different way. We decided to try and tell it from what we think might have been Heavens point of view We determined to depict Emmetts story through eyes and feelings of another kind of being A half human very troubled guardian angel name Malcolm who watched over Emmett Louis Till An angel who too has a hard time grasping the tough, sometimes cruel love of the human experience