Top billed cast

1. 

   Danielle Deadwyler

   Mamie Till-Mobley

2. 

   Jalyn Hall

   Emmett Till

3. 

   Frankie Faison

   John Carthan

4. 

   Haley Bennett

   Carolyn Bryant

5. 

   John Douglas Thompson

   Moses Wright

6. 

   Whoopi Goldberg

   Alma

7. 

   Jayme Lawson

   Myrlie Evers

8. 

   Tosin Cole

   Medgar Evers

9. 

   Kevin Carroll

   Rayfield Mooty

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-01-23

Based around the true story of the appalling murder of the young Emmett Till in a racially divided 1950s USA, this delivers a truly powerful performance from Danielle Deadwyler as his mother. A woman who becomes distraught, angry and determined. Determined that those who killed her child are brought to justice. The history, sadly, tells us just how the judicial process of Mississippi back then was just as bigoted as the vast majority of the white folks who treated African Americans as little better that labouring cattle. This film is well put together, with plenty of attention to the aesthetic...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$33,000,000.00

Revenue
$11,498,884.00

Keywords

• chicago, illinois
• mother
• funeral
• son
• based on true story
• racist
• grief
• murder
• racism
• justice
• casket
• lynching
• death of son
• woman director
• 1950s
• civil rights movement