
Danielle Deadwyler
Mamie Till-Mobley
Jalyn Hall
Emmett Till
Frankie Faison
John Carthan
Haley Bennett
Carolyn Bryant
John Douglas Thompson
Moses Wright
Whoopi Goldberg
Alma
Jayme Lawson
Myrlie Evers
Tosin Cole
Medgar Evers
Kevin Carroll
Rayfield Mooty
Sean Patrick Thomas
Gene Mobley
Roger Guenveur Smith
Dr. T.R.M. Howard
Princess Elmore
Ruby Hurley
Josh Ventura
S. Carlton
Ed Amatrudo
J.J. Breland
Gail Everett-Smith
Church Elder
Brendan Patrick Connor
Sheriff Strider
Tim Ware
Judge Curtis Swango
Keisha Tillis
Elizabeth Wright
J.P. Edwards

Jackson Beals
Leslie Milam
Summer Rain Menkee
Stenographer
Reid Jameson Smith
Boy in department store
Mike Dolphy
Reporter
Ralph Hughes
Reporter
Ed Sturdivant
Elmer
Rakeem Massingill
Mourner
Al Mitchell
A.A. Rayner
Lee Spencer
Council President
Njema Williams
Henry Loggins
Sean Michael Weber
Roy Bryant
Euseph Messiah
Amzie Moore
Thea Clark
Reporter
Jamie Renell
Security Guard
Friedman Twinkies
Roy Bryant Jr and Lamar Bryant
Jonathan D. Williams
D.A. Rob Smith
Jaylin Webb
Willie Hemphill
Eric Whitten
JW Milam
Diallo Thompson
Maurice
Cora Maple Lindell
Gallery Observer
David Caprita
Bailiff
Elizabeth Youman
Ollie
Charles T. Massey
Reporter
Angela Yale
Department store clerk
Phil Biedron
Courthouse Reporter
Carol J. Mckenith
Willie Mae
Torey Adkins
White Man #1
Maurice Johnson
Ernest Withers
Noel Sampson
David Jackson
Brandon P Bell
Funeral Home Reporter
Destin Freeman
Too Tight
Bree Fyffe
Townsperson (Child)
Josh Mendez Sr.
Juror
Marcus Atkins
Onlooker / Juke Joint Background
Darian Rolle
Willie Reed
Brennan Schram
Reporter
Melina Datta
Reporter
Blaine Huslig
Photojournalist
Ryan Austin Bryant
Newspaper Boy
Richard Nash
1950's Courtroom Onlooker / Pedestrian
Kevin Brown
White Mob Member / Juror
Scott Hanson
TV Reporter














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Reviews

Based around the true story of the appalling murder of the young Emmett Till in a racially divided 1950s USA, this delivers a truly powerful performance from Danielle Deadwyler as his mother. A woman who becomes distraught, angry and determined. Determined that those who killed her child are brought to justice. The history, sadly, tells us just how the judicial process of Mississippi back then was

This is a very good movie and can be a difficult one to watch if you know the history as I did, I of course knew where it was going front the beginning and where it would end up. The writing was strong and the acting superb much of the time. I highly recommend it for anyone young or old who is unfamiliar with he story. Despite the rawness of Danielle Deadwiler’s performance and the clean way th












