Monday, October 3, 2022

Oscar Buzz for TILL

 I'm on Twitter and, in the last three weeks, there's been Oscar buzz from a few established movie critics. The buzz was that Cate Blanchett will be a Best Actress Oscar nominee for her new film, TAR. And Michelle Williams will be a Best Actress Oscar nominee for her performance as a character based on Steven Spielberg's mother in Spielberg's THE FABELMANS.

Then, over the weekend, there was a tidal wave of Best Actress Oscar nominee predictions for the female lead in the upcoming drama, TILL. This drama focuses on Mamie Till, mother of the teen who was lynched while visiting relatives down South. The racist men who killed the boy later admitted that they killed him. However, during the court trial, the all-male and all-White jury found them "not guilty." That travesty of justice, reportedly, inspired novelist Harper Lee to write TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Also, it's said that young Emmett Till's brutal murder -- and his mother making sure America was aware of what happened -- ignited the Civil Rights Movement.

The rave reviews came from journalists who saw TILL at the New York Film Festival. The actress is Danielle Deadwyler. I am not very familiar with her career and must do my homework in that regard. TILL was directed by Chinonye Chukwu. I still feel that her 2019 film, CLEMENCY, starring Alfre Woodard as a prison warden who deals with Death Row inmates, should have brought Woodard her second Oscar nomination. Here is a trailer for TILL with Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till.


Here's a featurette about the film.


If you've never seen CLEMENCY, you should. I highly recommend it. Especially if you're an Alfre Woodard fan. Here's a trailer.


Just like THE WOMAN KING starring Viola Davis, TILL has a Black actress in the lead female role in a current film directed by a Black woman. Wow. To me, that's thrilling.



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