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Review: Chinonye Chukwu's 'Till' is essential viewing

Por: ABC News Life October 29, 2022

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Don't mistake now blazing its truth in theaters, for homework or eating your vegetables. That happens a lot when a real-life tragedy -- in this case the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till for the crime of being Black in Mississippi -- becomes an excuse for Hollywood to bury vital issues, such as civil rights, under the stultifying banner of prestige filmmaking.Not this time.Till is an emotional powerhouse that goes its own defiant way... + full article



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