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Till  2022
Director:  Chinonye Chukwu
Producer:
  Keith Beauchamp, Barbara Broccoli, Whoopi Goldberg, Thomas K. Levine, Michael Reilly and Frederick Zollo
Art Director:
  Carlton Lee Jr. and Christopher Tandon
Editor:
  Ron Patane
Music:
  Abel Korzeniowski
Screenplay:
  Keith Beauchamp, Chinonye Chukwu and Michael Reilly
Director of Photography:
  Bobby Bukowski
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Cast:
spacer1 Danielle Deadwyler
spacer1 Jalyn Hall
people1 Frankie Faison
spacer1 Haley Bennett
people1 Whoopi Goldberg
spacer1 John Douglas Thompson
people1 Sean Patrick Thomas
spacer1 Marc Collins
spacer1 Diallo Thompson
spacer1 Tyrik Johnson
spacer1 Enoch King
spacer1 Carol J. Mckenith
spacer1 Danielle Deadwyler spacer1 Jalyn Hall people1 Frankie Faison
spacer1 Haley Bennett people1 Whoopi Goldberg spacer1 John Douglas Thompson
people1 Sean Patrick Thomas spacer1 Marc Collins spacer1 Diallo Thompson
spacer1 Tyrik Johnson spacer1 Enoch King spacer1 Carol J. Mckenith
spacer1 Danielle Deadwyler spacer1 Jalyn Hall
people1 Frankie Faison spacer1 Haley Bennett
people1 Whoopi Goldberg spacer1 John Douglas Thompson
people1 Sean Patrick Thomas spacer1 Marc Collins
spacer1 Diallo Thompson spacer1 Tyrik Johnson
spacer1 Enoch King spacer1 Carol J. Mckenith

Synopsis:
While in Mississippi for a family visit, 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped and murdered after being wrongfully accused of harassing a white woman, Carolyn Bryant. When it became clear that the white establishment was unconcerned with bringing his killers to justice – and Bryant was prepared to lie to protect the murderers – Emmett’s mother Mamie turned reluctant activist, her fight becoming a major catalyst for the US Civil Rights movement.

Danielle Deadwyler brings deep emotional resonance to her role as Mamie Till-Mobley. And Chinonye Chukwu delivers on the promise of her debut, Clemency, 2019, with this expertly crafted and emotional period drama, produced by Barbara Broccoli and also starring Whoopi Goldberg, Londoner Tosin Cole and Haley Bennett, who plays Bryant with bitter hatefulness. Chukwu shows great consideration to avoid exploiting the physical violence against Emmett, with much care evident in her construction of scenes of the attack. But she is also not interested in the comfort of audiences looking to identify with whiteness. As relevant now as ever, Till is intelligent, emotional and gripping from the first shot to the last.

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