Saturday night saw the world premiere of “Till” at the 60th New York Film Festival, with the audience filling up Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall to watch the harrowing new film from writer-director Chinonye Chukwu about Mamie Till-Mobley’s journey from grief to action in wake of her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, being lynched while on vacation in Mississippi in 1955.The movie is Chukwu’s first film since the Sundance-winning drama “Clemency,” which also made a dent at Lincoln Center by opening its New Directors/New Films festival in 2019.
Chukwu’s first studio effort further elevates her profile as a director of grim-but-stirring dramas with modern-day resonance.One of two major studio awards titles premiering at NYFF (the other is “She Said”), “Till” landed at the festival with the promise of an emotionally resonant look at racism and resilience built around its central performance.
Buzz has been strong for Best Actress contender Danielle Deadwyler,
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