Injustice/inhumanity to man/discrimination plot based on real events. As if a trial of white men in the American South would ever find them guilty. The film is supposed to be about how Maimie Till helped with the Civil Rights Movement. What she did by showing pictures of her dead son, was a kick in the backside for anyone with a conscience in the USA. However, much of the film just shows Maimie quietly staring off into the distance as she suffers the loss. And the ending has the traditional blurbs about the rest of her life. What would have been interesting is to skip the trial and.show what she actually did after the trial/the rest of her life. These type of movies focus too much on the reason why there was a trial and the main character's demeanour. It needed to show more of her transformation from a grieving mother to a civil rights influencer because you never actually see what convinced her. Mostly, she resists it. I hated the despicable treatment of her 14-year-old son and applaud her resolve to stand up against what was done to him, as I applaud it in current events. Unless you live in a bubble, you know about discrimination. There just should have been more in this movie about afterwards instead of focusing on the before. It would have made the movie much more powerful and show people how things can be changed instead of just showing the reason. We know the reasons. Would be nice to know the processes they used to actually changed things. Stellar acting.
Review of Till
