We were thrilled to host a special 60th New York Film Festival student screening of Till, a Spotlight selection of this year's festival, both in person throughout New York City and around the United States via simulcast. We were joined by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Till director Chinonye Chukwu, cast members Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, and Sean Patrick Thomas, producer and co-writer Keith Beauchamp, and Emmett Till Legacy Foundation Co-Founder, Deborah Watts. Chinonye Chukwu’s modern-day death-row drama Clemency was one of the most accomplished breakthroughs in recent American cinema. The director has traveled back to the 1950s to tell the story of Mamie Till-Mobley, the Chicago woman whose son, Emmett Till, was lynched while visiting cousins in Mississippi and whose body became an indelible image of the horrors of American racism. Employing a direct, unflinching, yet sensitive gaze, Chukwu has created the definitive drama of this woman’s grief and resilience, and in an astonishing performance, Danielle Deadwyler captures both a mother’s indescribable heartbreak and her inspiring ascension to the role of civil rights activist. Till is a momentous reminder of an ever-present tragedy, featuring painstaking production design, subtly expressive camera framing and composition, and a note-perfect supporting cast, including Sean Patrick Thomas, Jalyn Hall, Tosin Cole, John Douglas Thompson, Frankie Faison, and Whoopi Goldberg. A United Artists release. More info: http://filmlinc.org Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=filmlincdotcom Like on Facebook: http://facebook.com/filmlinc Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/filmlinc Follow on Instagram: http://instagram.com/filmlinc