Passes the Bechdel test

Till

Name: Till
Released: 2022

2022. Directed by Chinonye Chukwu, written by Michael Reilly and Keith Beauchamp and Chinonye Chukwu.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
10 women characters. 8 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 126.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

The film

Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother's ability to change the world.

Released: 28 Oct 2022
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 7.2 / 10
Metascore: 77 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award. 26 wins & 92 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Mamie 182 lines, woman
Emmett 50 lines, man
Moses 42 lines, man
Gene 23 lines, man
Carolyn 22 lines, woman
Breland 21 lines, man
Medgar 21 lines, man
Rayfield 19 lines, man
S. Carlton 19 lines, man
Alma 18 lines, woman

Full cast, 64 people

Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till-Mobley
Jalyn Hall as Emmett Till
Frankie Faison as John Carthan
Haley Bennett as Carolyn Bryant
John Douglas Thompson as Moses Wright
Whoopi Goldberg as Alma
Jayme Lawson as Myrlie Evers
Tosin Cole as Medgar Evers
Kevin Carroll as Rayfield Mooty
Sean Patrick Thomas as Gene Mobley
Roger Guenveur Smith as Dr. T.R.M. Howard
Princess Elmore as Ruby Hurley
Josh Ventura as S. Carlton
Ed Amatrudo as J.J. Breland
Gail Everett-Smith as Church Elder
Brendan Patrick Connor as Sheriff Strider
Tim Ware as Judge Curtis Swango
Keisha Tillis as Elizabeth Wright
Bradley King as White Mob Member
J.P. Edwards
Jackson Beals as Leslie Milam
Summer Rain Menkee as Stenographer
Reid Jameson Smith as Boy in department store
Mike Dolphy as Reporter
Ralph Hughes as Reporter
Ed Sturdivant as Elmer
Rakeem Massingill as Mourner
Al Mitchell as A.A. Rayner
Lee Spencer as Council President
Njema Williams as Henry Loggins
Sean Michael Weber as Roy Bryant
Alyssa Talbot as JW's Wife
Euseph Messiah as Amzie Moore
Thea Clark as Reporter
Jamie Renell as Security Guard
Friedman Twinkies as Roy Bryant Jr and Lamar Bryant
Jonathan D. Williams as D.A. Rob Smith
Jaylin Webb as Willie Hemphill
Eric Whitten as JW Milam
Diallo Thompson as Maurice
Cora Maple Lindell as Gallery Observer
David Caprita as Bailiff
Elizabeth Youman as Ollie
Charles Massey as Reporter
Angela Yale as Department store clerk
Phil Biedron as Courthouse Reporter
Carol J. Mckenith as Willie Mae
Torey Adkins as White Man #1
Maurice Johnson as Ernest Withers
Noel Sampson as David Jackson
Destin Freeman as Too Tight
Bree Fyffe as Townsperson (Child)
Josh Mendez Sr. as Juror
Marcus Atkins as Onlooker / Juke Joint Background
Darian Rolle as Willie Reed
Brennan Schram as Reporter
Melina Datta as Reporter
Blaine Huslig as Photojournalist
Ryan Austin Bryant as Newspaper Boy
Richard Nash as 1950's Courtroom Onlooker / Pedestrian
Kevin Brown as White Mob Member / Juror
Scott Hanson as TV Reporter
Enoch King as Johnny B. Washington
Brandon Leslie Bell as Funeral Home Reporter

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 10% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 126

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	1	1
4 to 6	21	9
7 to 9	7	8
10 to 12	8	10
13 to 15	0	25
16 to 18	1	4
19 to 21	0	8
22 to 24	12	4
25 to 27	1	6
28 to 30	12	12
31 to 33	1	18
34 to 36	0	11
37 to 39	4	14
40 to 42	0	5
43 to 45	4	5
46 to 48	0	0
49 to 51	11	11
52 to 54	12	6
55 to 57	5	3
58 to 60	0	5
61 to 63	13	9
64 to 66	12	4
67 to 69	2	1
70 to 72	8	2
73 to 75	11	12
76 to 78	6	4
79 to 81	2	4
82 to 84	0	2
85 to 87	7	20
88 to 90	2	5
91 to 93	4	16
94 to 96	5	5
97 to 99	11	12
100 to 102	2	2
103 to 105	18	1
106 to 108	0	19
109 to 111	27	31
112 to 114	0	5
115 to 117	20	29
118 to 120	4	0
121 to 123	0	0
124 to 126	0	0

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scene

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

ALMA: Go on to bed, Bo. ALMA: You should get some rest too, Mamie. MAMIE: I’ll call you after Bo gets on the train.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 42 are women's.

254 lines from women, 348 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

10 women and 30 men in the cast. 8 women and 31 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 672. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 35 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 45% of the words (3,343), men 55% (4,022). Women have 42% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

5 of the 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 31% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Chinonye Chukwu (woman)
Written by: Michael Reilly (man), Keith Beauchamp (man), Chinonye Chukwu (woman)
Produced by: Frederick Zollo (man), Michael Reilly (man), Whoopi Goldberg (woman), Keith Beauchamp (man), Barbara Broccoli (woman), Thomas Levine (gender not listed)
Shot by: Bobby Bukowski (man)
Edited by: Ron Patane (man)
Music by: Abel Korzeniowski (man)
Production design by: Curt Beech (man)
Cast by: Kim Taylor-Coleman (woman)