‘Till’ has world premiere at New York Film Fest

The cast and filmmakers of “Till” celebrated and honored the legacy of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley at the film’s recent world premiere at the 60th New York Film Festival. Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Patrick Thomas, John Douglas Thompson, Jayme Lawson, Tosin Cole, and more graced the red carpet alongside filmmakers Chinonye Chukwu (director/co-writer), Barbara Broccoli (producer), Fred Zollo (producer), Keith Beauchamp (producer/co-writer), and Michael Reilly (producer/co-writer); as well as Deborah Watts (cousin of Emmett Till and co-founder of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation), and mothers of the movement including Leslie Mcspadden-Head (mother of Michael Brown), Marian Tolan (mother of Robbie Tolan), and Kadiatou Diallo (mother of Amadou Diallo).