People will never forget how you make them feel, the President added.

You know, you have that artists gifts of making us feel our common humanity.

The film fromOrion Pictures,MGMPictures andUnited Artists ReleasingstarsDanielle Deadwyler as Till-Mobley andJalyn Hallas Emmett.

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Director Chukwu co-wrote the powerful script with Michael Reilly andKeith Beauchamp.

But weve never fully given up on it, he continued.

We should know everything about our history.

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And thats the great nations do.

And were a great nation.

And thats why history matters so much, Biden added in his sometimes unscripted remarks.

You know, thats why this film matters so much.

Milam, who were tried for Tills murder and quickly acquitted by an all-white jury.