“I have the job and the honor, but also the responsibility. I know that responsibility deeply because I am a child of the South. I was anxious and nervous,' Danielle Deadwyler said about portraying civil rights advocate Mamie Till-Mobley in 'Till.'
as part of the production so that everyone felt supported. Everyone there was feeling the same things with me. That day, everyone in the camera department was wearing white shirts and ties. I knew immediately that they were there in solidarity and honoring the moment. I didn’t see the body on the table until the first take. It was a charged morning. We all lived in the quietude, the emotion of the moment.
In that scene, Mamie had to have a private moment in the home because she didn’t want people to take it away from her. That scene is about Mamie humanizing her son. She is stepping in like a scientist, but along the way, she is recognizing him. His mouth, his smile, his eyes. It helps us to understand the humanity beyond the violence.Doing this film must have been extremely intense.
My driver, Juan Hooker, who picked me up every day, took great care of me. I knew I wanted to hear certain gospel songs. So he played Mahalia Jackson every time I got in the car. We learned the entire Mahalia Jackson catalog together. Mahalia got me through it. He’d have her on in the morning, and it was like we were going to serve. He’d drive me when I was in costume during filming, and it was like we were going to serve.
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