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Podcast: The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott
Episode: Mamie Till’s 'Glorious Bravery:' Danielle Deadwyler and Chinonye Chukwu on 'Till'
Description: The image of Emmett Till’s mutilated corpse, murdered by white supremcists in 1955, changed the course of the Civil Rights movement. That change came because of Mamie Till, Emmett’s mother, who, despite her personal tragedy, knew what it could do for others. “She is the progenitor of a civil rights legacy that allowed for so many other acts of activism to occur,” Danielle Deadwyler, who plays Mamie in Till (in theaters, October 14) told Newsweek’s H. Alan Scott. On today’s episode, Danielle Deadwyler and Chinonye Chukwu, the director of ‘Till,’ join Scott to talk about the film, why it...