For the first time since she was shut out of the 2023 Oscars nominations last month, actor Danielle Deadwyler has addressed the snub of her performance in "Till." She says racism against Black women was a factor.
Deadwyler played Mamie Till, the grieving mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old whose 1955 Mississippi murder helped spur the civil rights movement. Despite critical acclaim for her performance and the film leading up to awards season, academy voters overlooked Deadwyler.
That, along with Viola Davis' snub for "The Woman King," prompted many to resurrect the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag and criticize the academy for its continued lack of diversity and equality.
