“Till’s” Danielle Deadwyler is set to receive the Breakthrough Performance Award from the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF). Her performance as civil rights activist Mamie Till-Mobley will be celebrated at an awards ceremony taking place January 5 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. A press release announced the news.
From “Clemency” writer-director Chinonye Chukwu, “Till” is based on the true events surrounding Emmett Till’s murder in 1955, when the 14-year-old Black boy was lynched in Mississippi. The film tells what Chukwu calls the “untold story” of his mother Till-Mobley, who fearlessly sought justice against those who perpetrated the hate crime against her son, using her grief to help galvanize