When 14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered by two white men in 1955, his mother,

Mamie Till moglie, became a voice of the Civil Rights Movement. And now, the

events surrounding his death have been dramatized in the new movie Till.

The cast includes Woopy Goldberg as Emmett's grandmother, but Daniel

Deadwilers' performance as Mamie is the focal point and standout as she taps

into the depths of a mother's grief. I'm Stephen Thompson.

And I'm Aisha Harris. And today we're talking about Till on Pop Quoture Happy Hour from NPR.

Joining Stephen and me today is Odie Henderson. The Boston Globes newest film critic.

Yay! It makes you so happy to say that. Welcome Odie.

Thank you. I have to get used to saying Boston Globes instead of RogerEber.com,

but it's wonderful to be here. My first appearance as the Boston Globes Film Critics.

So, yeah. That's our hope. It's a great one.

Well, thank you so much, Odie. It's great to have you.

Now, until Jalen Hall plays Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy who lives in Chicago with his mother,

Mamie, played by Daniel Deadwiler. It's the summer of 1955, and Mamie sends Emmett

down to Mississippi to visit with family for a while. During his trip, Emmett and his cousins

go to a grocery mart in town, where he briefly encounters shopkeeper Carolyn Bryant,

who's played by Haley Bennett. Emmett is unaccustomed to the rules around

interacting with white people in the south, and events take a turn for the worst.

A few days later, in the middle of the night, Emmett is kidnapped from his great-uncles' home

and murdered by Carolyn's husband Roy and his half-brother J.W. Mylam. As Mamie grieves the loss

of her only son, she's encouraged by civil rights leaders to speak out publicly. She allows

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