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Chinonye Chukwu (/ ˈ tʃ iː n oʊ j ə ˈ tʃ uː k uː / CHEE-noh-yə CHOO-koo; born May 19, 1985) is a Nigerian-American film director best known for the drama films Clemency and Till. She is the first African-American woman to win the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
Chinonye Chukwu was born on 19 May 1985 in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. She is a director and writer, known for Till (2022), Clemency (2019) and A Long Walk (2013).
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- Director, Writer, Producer
- Port Harcourt, Nigeria
- Chinonye Chukwu
Till is a 2022 biographical drama film directed by Chinonye Chukwu and written by Michael Reilly, Keith Beauchamp, and Chukwu, and produced by Beauchamp, Reilly, and Whoopi Goldberg. It is based on the true story of Mamie Till-Bradley, an educator and activist who pursued justice after the murder of her 14-year-old son Emmett in August 1955.
Oct 28, 2022 · Till is a biographical drama directed by Chinonye Chukwu, based on the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's quest for justice after her son Emmett Till was lynched in 1955. The film stars Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Whoopi Goldberg and others, and has received critical acclaim and awards nominations.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Chinonye Chukwu
- 2022-10-28
Oct 7, 2022 · Chinonye Chukwu, the Nigerian-born filmmaker behind Clemency, talks about her new movie Till, which focuses on the mother of Emmett Till, a victim of racial violence in 1955. She reveals her research, casting, and creative choices in telling this story of activism and legacy.
- Yolanda Machado
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Oct 13, 2022 · Co-written by Chukwu, Michael Reilly and Keith Beauchamp, Till seeks to tell the true story behind the black-and-white photographs of Emmett Till that would become a major inflection point in the civil rights movement. Unfolding through the eyes of Mamie (played in the film by Danielle Deadwyler), the drama sees her galvanized into action and ...
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Oct 23, 2022 · He's the 14-year-old African American Chicago teen who, in 1955, was abducted and brutally murdered while visiting family in a small town in...
