“Till” is a biographical film based on the true story of Mamie Till.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.
- Till is a 2022 biographical drama film
- The film is directed by Chinonye Chukwu
- It is written by Michael Reilly, Keith Beauchamp, and Chukwu
- It is produced by Beauchamp, Reilly, and Goldberg
- It is based on the true story of Mamie Till
- She was an educator and activist, who pursued justice after the lynching of her 14-year-old son Emmett Till, in 1955
- The film stars Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett, and Whoopi Goldberg
- Till had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 1, 2022
- It was released in the United States on October 14, 2022, by United Artists Releasing
- Till will be released in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2023, by Universal Pictures
- The film received positive reviews from critics
- With Deadwyler’s performance being universally praised
- Mamie Till became an educator and activist in the Civil Rights Movement after the death of her 14-year-old son, Emmett
- Emmett, in 1955, was lynched by white supremacists for allegedly whistling at a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, while visiting his cousins in Money, Mississippi
- Mamie Till insisted that the casket containing her son’s body be left open to let the world see what they had done to him
- The film is told entirely from her perspective
- Emmett Till’s murder is heard about, but not shown in the film
- On August 27, 2020, it was announced that Chinonye Chukwu would write and direct a feature film based on the life of Mamie Till-Mobley and her fight for justice after the lynching of her 14-year-son, Emmett Till
- Produced by Orion Pictures, the film uses 27 years’ worth of research by Keith Beauchamp, whose efforts led to the reopening of Till’s case by the United States Department of Justice in 2004
- Simeon Wright, Till’s cousin and an eyewitness of the event, served as a consultant to the project until his death in 2017
- Chukwu’s screenplay is based on a draft she previously co-wrote with Beauchamp and producer Michael Reilly
- In July 2021, Danielle Deadwyler and Whoopi Goldberg joined the cast
- Jalyn Hall was cast as Emmett Till that August.[6] Filming began in Atlanta, Georgia, in September 2021
- By the end of the year, Frankie Faison, Jayme Lawson, Tosin Cole, Kevin Carroll, Sean Patrick Thomas, John Douglas Thompson, Roger Guenveur Smith, and Haley Bennett were confirmed to star
- During post-production, the musical score was composed by Abel Korzeniowski
- The film made $240,940 from 16 theaters in its opening weekend
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 100% rating
- Based on 55 critics’ reviews
- With an average rating of 7.9/10
- The website’s consensus reads, “Till reframes an historically horrific murder within a mother’s grief, brought heartwrenchingly to life by Danielle Deadwyler’s tremendous performance”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 79 out of 100
- Based on 27 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
- Audiences polled by PostTrak gave the film a 92% positive score
- With 87% saying they would definitely recommend it
