Chinonye Chukwu, Danielle Deadwyler Whoopi Goldberg on Till, NYFF60

Director Chinonye Chukwu and actors Danielle Deadwyler and Whoopi Goldberg discuss Till, a Spotlight selection of this years festival, moderated by NYFF Executive Director, Eugene Hernandez. Chinonye Chukwus modernday deathrow drama Clemency was one of the most accomplished breakthroughs in recent American cinema. The director has traveled back to the 1950s to tell the story of Mamie TillMobley, 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 womans grief and resilience, and in an astonishing performance, Danielle Deadwyler captures both a mothers indescribable heartbreak and her inspiring ascension to the role of civil rights activist. Till is a momentous reminder of an everpresent tragedy, featuring painstaking production design, subtly expressive camera framing and composit