Whoopi Goldberg Interview: Making Till & Eagerness to Make a Western and Horror Movie
15It may have taken longer than initially hoped, but Till is here and it’s hard to imagine a stronger movie about Mamie Till-Mobley’s determination to seek justice for her son, sparking significant change in the process.
Directed by Chinonye Chukwu, Till puts the focus on Danielle Deadwyler’s Mamie, the mother of Emmett Till (Jalyn Hall), a 14-year-old boy who was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi in 1955 for whistling at a white woman. Mamie’s deep grief evolves into defiance, and she makes the decision to show the world what happened to her son by having an open casket viewing. That choice helped ignite the Civil Rights Movement and turned Mamie into a hugely influential voice in the fight for social justice.
With Till now playing in theaters nationwide, I got the chance to chat with Whoopi Goldberg who plays Alma, Emmett’s grandmother, and serves as a producer on the film.
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