Chinonye Chukwu has co-written and directed “Till,” a powerful film that brings both mother Mamie Till Mobley and Emmett vividly to life.
In 1955, Emmett Till, a Black 14-year-old Chicago boy, was tortured and murdered by White racists in Mississippi. Lynchings against Black Americans in the Deep South were most prevalent in the years between the Civil War and World War II – a recent study put the overall death toll between 1865 and 1950 to nearly 6,500 nationwide. Even in the 1950s, however, there were two dozen incidents.
The story still resonates today, but for years it has been part of the history books, memorialized in black-and-white photos. Now Chinonye Chukwu has co-written and directed “Till,” a powerful drama that brings both Mamie and Emmett to life.Danielle Deadwyler plays Mamie Till Mobley in the film”Till,” directed by Chinonye Chukwu.
Q. But you also make sure to bring Emmett alive in the early scenes, to make him a person, not just a symbol. Mamie didn’t say those exact words in that moment but that was her emotional experience, which she reflected on later in interviews and her writing. But it was in part a conscious effort to connect the film to the present realities we live in.It is a story so deeply tied to our present. I made creative decisions to lessen any kind of generational difference or time period distance between audiences and the film.
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