Till

Danielle Deadwyler is sure to be one of the names to watch out for this awards season thanks to her performance in Till.

Chinonye Chukwu’s hard-hitting drama tells the horrifying true story of Emmett Till (played by Jalyn Hall), a 14-year-old African-American boy who was brutally murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman while visiting family in Money, Mississippi in 1955.

The film is told from the perspective of his mother Mamie (Deadwyler), who was at home in Chicago when the lynching took place, and follows the extraordinary decisions she made in the weeks after his death.

Till’s murder was barbaric and sickening – but don’t worry, we do not see what happened to him.

The murder is alluded to very briefly through sound and our imaginations can fill in the blanks.

However, while we are spared the violence, we do have to bear witness to his shockingly unrecognisable body – just like the real Mamie wanted.

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