Whoopi Goldberg Knows 'Till' Won't Fix Racism but Says People 'Can't Ignore It Now' (Exclusive)
etonline.comWhoopi Goldberg said when ET's Kevin Frazier asked about her experience as a producer and cast member of the upcoming biopic «We tried to fund it ourselves, we've tried to do a lot to get this story out there because… this should be the 10th of the stories on this subject [and] about this family.
There should be hundreds of stories that tell this: for little kids, for [all ages]. This is the first feature film, ever. And it is trying to get people to recognize why we have to protect this.
We have to protect this story.»tells the story of Emmett's death through the perspective of his mother, civil rights icon Mamie Till Mobley, played by Danielle Deadwyler.
The film follows Mamie as she fights for justice after her son's murder while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.The film utilizes 27 years' worth of research by filmmaker Keith Beauchamp, whose documentary in part led to the U.S.
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