‘Till’ Trailer Tells the Story of Emmett Till’s Mother and Civil Rights Icon Mamie Till Mobley (Video)
thewrap.com“Till.”The film tells the story of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black boy whose murder by lynching in 1955 became one of the catalyzing events of the civil rights movement.
The events of his life and aftermath of his death unfold through the perspective of Mobley Till, whose lifelong fight for justice permanently changed the nation.
The trailer opens with glimpses into Emmett’s upbringing in Chicago, surrounded by community and family, including his grandmother Alma Carthan (Whoopi Goldberg).
Ahead of visiting his cousins in Mississippi, Mamie explains to Emmett that racism functions differently in the South. “Be small down there,” she warns him.In the next sequence, a white woman fixes Emmett with an offended expression, and the whole town seems to stop in its tracks. “This was my boy: Emmett Till,” Mamie says in voiceover as a casket with her son’s body is offloaded from a train.
Read more on thewrap.com