Sing Sing
2023
****
Director: Greg Kwedar
Cast: Colman Domingo, Paul Raci, Clarence Maclin, Sean San José, David Giraudy, Patrick Griffin, Moisés Acevedo, Sean, John, David
A group of incarcerated men at Sing Sing Correctional Facility take part in the Rehabilitation Through the Arts programme. The theatre group acts as an escape and reignites their belief in humanity. Greg Kwedar's lovely drama about the transformative power of creativity and self-expression is based on a real-life programme, and most of the cast are ex-convicts who took part in it. This moving film doesn't spend one second portraying the usual dangers of prison life; instead, it highlights personal growth, resilience, and friendship. Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin give moving performances as two different types of convicts who eventually see eye to eye.
