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For Whoopi Goldberg, 'Till' release comes after long wait

Whoopi Goldberg says it took more than two decades for Hollywood to believe Emmett Till’s story was worthy of the big screen

The Independent UK

Movie review: 'Till' a powerful portrait of a mother who turned loss into meaningful action

The tragic story of Emmett Till is one of a face. The face of a 14-year-old boy, beaten and murdered in Mississippi, a battered and bloated face that his mother insisted be seen by the world. Chinonye Chukwu’s “Till” is a story of two faces: Emmett’s and that of his…

Tribune News Service

The film ‘Till’ focuses its gaze on the steely, grieving mother

Two white men were on trial in September 1955 for murdering Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black teen who allegedly offended a white woman at a grocery store in rural Mississippi.

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Whoopi Goldberg slams ‘Till’ film critic over ‘fat suit’ remarks

NEW YORK — Whoopi Goldberg has called out a film critic who targeted the Oscar winner for the way she looks onscreen in Chinonye Chukwu’s film, “Till,” which premiered Saturday at the New York Film Festival.

Tribune News Service

Till review – sensitive Emmett Till drama aims to educate and honor

A remarkable performance from Danielle Deadwyler anchors an at times morally questionable pursuit: to retell a devastating story of Black pain

The Guardian - US

What to see at the 66th BFI London Film Festival - our pick of the newly announced programme

It’s back and we couldn’t be more excited

Evening Standard

Till: new trailer for Emmett Till film featuring Whoopi Goldberg is released

The film follows Mamie Till-Mobley as she fights for justice for her son

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Powerful first trailer of Emmett Till biopic shows his mother’s fight for justice

14-year-old Emmett Till’s brutal murder by white men in 1955 Mississippi sparked the civil rights movement

The Independent UK

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