This featurette describes TILL as more of a film about Mamie Till’s rise as an important activist in the Civil Rights Movement rather than a movie about the case itself. Of course, the case is front and center, but it appears to revolve more about the purpose that came from such a horrific tragedy.
Says director Chinonye Chukwu, “There will be no physical violence against Black people on screen, because I’m not interested in relishing in that kind of physical trauma. We’re going to begin and end in a place of joy.”
How did TILL – the powerful true story of Mamie and Emmett Till – come about? Get an inside look from the cast, filmmakers, and Till family on the making of #TillMovie. Watch the new featurette “Till: A Mother’s Power” now, and see the film only in theaters this October.
Directed by Chinonye Chukwu
Starring: Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Whoopi Goldberg
If you aren’t at least considering Danielle and Whoopi in your lead and supporting categories, you’re probably making a mistake.
I love the stance of non violence, there is a way to send a message without violence. If the emotion the actors can portray is strong enough—that is all you need to convey the message. People respond more to the emotion than the violence.
So far this film is flying low and I think that’s a perfect way to start off the season.
Totally agree – it could surprise with its focus on the mother and her turning a tragedy into a movement.
Why no festival premiere?
I wondered about that too. Both Till and She Said are most zeitgeist films around, but both skippeed festivals.
Both at NYFF…
It will premiere at NYFF….
Now I’m interested, I couldn’t bare to watch the violence of this crime on screen.
That’s exactly how I feel. I was sorta dreading seeing it for that reason, because I’m sensitive to graphic violence….so I’m happy to know we won’t have to endure that.
I think it’s more about the response of the mother in seeking justice for the murder of her son than about the murder itself. At least that’s how it seems in the trailer.