‘Till’ to get New York Film Festival opening weekend world premiere

Danielle Deadwyler stars as mother seeking justice for murdered teen.Chinonye Chukwu’s true-life Civil Rights drama Till will receive its world premiere on the opening weekend of the 60th New York Film Festival.The film stars Danielle Deadwyler stars as Mamie Till Mobley, the activist who sought justice after her 14-year-old son Emmett Till was lynched while visiting cousins in Mississippi in 1955.The news, announced by Orion Pictures, UA Releasing and the festival on what would have been Emmett Till’s 81st birthday, was hailed by Deborah Watts, Mamie’s cousin and co-founder of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation,

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