Chinonye Chukwu was certain of two things setting out to tell the story of a loving and lovely 14-year-old boy lynched in 1955 Mississippi for whistling at a white woman.
First, the story had to be told from the perspective of Mamie, the mother of Emmett Till. “We had to follow closely her emotional journey.
For without Mamie, the world, we, would not have known who Emmett Till was.” “I also knew that I did not want to show any violence inflicted on black bodies,” Chukwu said during a Q&A after the film’s rapturous reception at its New York Film Festival world premiere.
Deadline review here. “Narratively speaking, since we are following Mamie’s journey, it is not necessary to see that physical violence.
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