Till, 2022. Written and Directed by Chinonye Chukwu. Starring Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Whoopi Goldberg, Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett, Jayme Lawson, Tosin Cole, Kevin Carroll, Sean Patrick Thomas, John Douglas Thompson, Roger Guenveur Smith, Princess Elmore, Josh Ventura, Ed Amatrudo, Gail Everett-Smith, Brendan Patrick Connor, Tim Ware, and Keisha Tillis. SYNOPSIS: The true story of […]
Harrowing trailer for MGM’s Emmett Till biopic Till
MGM has released the trailer for Till, Clemency director Chinonye Chukwu’s movie about the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till. Chronicling the events leading up to the kidnapping, torture and murder of Till (Jalyn Hall) for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and the subsequent fight for justice by his mother Mamie Till Mobley (played […]
Movie Review – Clemency (2019)
Clemency, 2019. Directed by Chinonye Chukwu. Starring Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Wendell Pierce, Richard Schiff, Danielle Brooks, Richard Gunn and Michael O’Neill. SYNOPSIS: A prison warden working on Death Row prepares for the execution of a Black man convicted for shooting a police officer. Clemency is book-ended with two shots of Alfre Woodard’s Death Row […]
Movie Review – Clemency (2019)
Clemency. 2019 Written and Directed by Chinonye Chukwu Starring Alfre Woodard, Wendell Pierce, Aldis Hodge, Richard Schiff, Danielle Brooks, LaMonica Garrett, Michael O’Neill, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Dennis Haskins, and Richard Gunn SYNOPSIS: Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine […]
Alfre Woodard stars in trailer for Sundance hit Clemency
Neon has released a new poster and trailer for the Sundance hit Clemency. Written and directed by Chinonye Chukwu, the drama stars Alfre Woodard as a prison warden, who after years of carrying out death row executions, decides to confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates. Featuring in the cast alongside Woodard are […]