Director Chinonye Chukwu and the cast of the film about the brutal murder of Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley's quest for justice spoke at the New York Film Festival world premiere about how they worked to capture the true story of the 1955 tragedy and why it's important viewing for audiences today.
, spoke about the larger social issues that the film reflects and urged audiences to connect what they see to what’s happening now.
“Now you know what institutionalized racism looks like and you can connect it to your own life,” Goldberg told the crowd. “Maybe you’re a gay person. Maybe you’re a woman. Maybe you’re an Asian person. You all understand this hatred because it’s coming closer and closer. What we see on that screen is the culmination of what systematic racism looks like. It goes out in ripples and it touches everybody. And the whole point of all of this is we’ve seen it, we know.
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