In the movie biopic Till directed by Chinonye Chukwu, Danielle Deadwyler plays Mamie Till, the mother of 14-year-old boy, Emmett, who was brutally murdered and lynched by white supremacists in 1955 while visiting his cousins in Money, Mississipi. After his racist murder, Mamie Till becomes an educator and activist in the Civil Rights Movement and works to have her son's killers brought to justice. In the film the teenage Emmett Till is played by Jalyn Hall and Whoopi Goldberg plays his grandmother, Alma Carthan.
Emmett Till costumes worn by Jalyn Hall,
Mamie Till-Mobley costumes worn by Danielle Deadwyler
and Alma Carthan costume sworn by Whoopi Goldberg in Till
This special collection of costumes from the biographical drama were photographed on display at Downtown L.A.'s FIDM Museum on December 14, 2022, where they were temporarily exhibited.
Marci Rodgers is Costume Designer on the movie based on a true story, and you can see more of her work with these BlacKkKlansman film costumes.
Screen-used film props from Till
In addition to the pieces from the film's wardrobes, these screen-used period props were also exhibited from the movie.
Till movie billboard
