Chinonye Chukwu, Whoopi Goldberg, Danielle Deadwyler & More on Till | NYFF60

Watch the Till press conference from the 60th New York Film Festival with director Chinonye Chukwu, producer and co-writer Keith Beauchamp, and cast members Danielle Deadwyler, Whoopi Goldberg, Jalyn Hall, John Douglas Thompson, and Sean Patrick Thomas, moderated by NYFF Main Slate selection committee member, Rachel Rosen. Their powerful discussion covers the amount of research and preparation necessary to bring this true story to the screen, the decision not to show the graphic violence involved in Till’s murder, how modern audiences can relate to Mamie Till-Mobley’s unwavering perseverance, and more. Till tells the story of Mamie Till-Mobley, the Chicago woman whose son, Emmett Till, was lynched while visiting cousins in Mississippi and whose body became an indelible image of the horrors of American racism. Employing a direct, unflinching, yet sensitive gaze, Chukwu has created the definitive drama of this woman’s grief and resilience, and in an astonishing performance, Danielle Deadwy