Nov. 20: Sing Sing

Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024
7 pm @ Galaxy Cinemas, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Director: Greg Kwedar;
USA 2024
English; 105 min
Rated: PG

Based on the real-life arts rehabilitation programme founded at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, the film follows a troupe of incarcerated actors who work on plays as part of a theatre workshop at the prison. Every six months, the men gather, often looking to Divine G to help decide their next play. When he recruits a new member called Divine Eye, he gets more than he
bargained for. The group’s dynamic begins to shift as the men collectively unpack the pain of their experience while undergoing the joy and escape of creativity

Colman Domingo is at the peak of his considerable powers in Greg Kwedar’s inspirational, fact-based prison drama Sing Sing.   Wendy Ide, Observer (UK)

Brimming with compassion and punctuated by humour, this is a moving look at prison and prisoners. It’s both infuriating and inspirational to see so much beauty in such a harsh environment. Helen O’Hara, Empire Magazine