Till director Chinonye Chukwu calls out 'unabashed misogyny towards Black women'

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Just one day after her critically-acclaimed film Till was snubbed from the Oscar nominations, director Chinonye Chukwu is speaking out.The 37-year-old filmmaker directed and co-wrote Till, which is set in the aftermath of the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till as his mother Mamie (Danielle Deadwyler) seeks justice.While the film has earned rave reviews with a 98% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the film failed to earn any Oscar nominations when they were announced on Tuesday.

Speaking out: Just one day after her critically-acclaimed film Till was snubbed from the Oscar nominations , director Chinonye Chukwu is speaking out Mother: The 37-year-old filmmaker directed and co-wrote Till, which is set in the aftermath of the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till as his mother Mamie (Danielle Deadwyler) seeks justice Chukwu shared a snap of her posing with Civil Rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams at the October 2022 premiere of Till, with a heartfelt caption.'We live in a world and work in industries that are so aggressively committed to upholding whiteness and perpetuating an unabashed misogyny towards Black women,' Chukwu began. 'And yet.

I am forever in gratitude for the greatest lesson of my life - regardless of any challenges or obstacles, I will always have the power to cultivate my own joy, and it is this joy that will continue to be one of my greatest forms of resistance,' she added.