After her son was murdered, Emmett Till's mother, Mamie, made a decision that would change the course of history and propel the civil rights movement forward.
The bloated and scarred corpse of 14-year-old Emmett Till – a Black teen who was abducted, beaten, shot in the head and dumped in a Mississippi river in 1955 by two white men – is laid out in front of his mother, her head turned in grief while her partner stares down the lens, his expression a mixture of sadness and accusation.
Mamie is a war widow working a desk job for the air force in Chicago, where she lives with her bright and lively only child Emmett , who she's nicknamed "Bobo", and her new partner, local barber Gene . It's August 1955, and Emmett is due to visit his cousins for a short stay in Money, Mississippi – a trip that's causing Mamie understandable anxiety, given the South's ongoing racial segregation and the open hostility of many white people toward their Black neighbours.
Treated to a communal welcome in Money by his uncle, Moses "Preacher" Wright , and his teenage cousins, Emmett is an exuberant kid with an outgoing, big-city personality – which spells trouble when he innocently compliments a white grocery store clerk, Carolyn Bryant , on her movie star looks, and gives her an admiring whistle.
Among the film's more obvious flaws is its truly dreadful score, maudlin string pieces that insistently, needlessly prod the audience, and worse, routinely smother many of the actors' performances. Meanwhile, some of Chukwu's directorial choices, while clearly well-intentioned, can work to undermine the dramatic power of key moments.Vertigo Effect
It's a credit to Deadwyler that she rises above these occasional trite elements, wringing emotion from moments that can feel overly staged. The actor, whosewas the source of some controversy, gives a genuinely moving performance, particularly once the film hits its classic courtroom-drama stride.
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