“The lives of Sing Sing”, Greg Kwedar’s feature film, deals with the artistic activities that in captivity in that prison in that prison
It excites cleanly, without violins or effects of effect, “The lives of sing sing.” The original title is “Sing Sing”in the prison where the story takes place, but the change is fine, because the work does not emphasize the painful fame of that prison, nor has in his argument scenes of abuse, riots or deaths in the electric chair. Where he emphasizes human beings who spend his days, each with his history, his bitterness, his sense of humor, his median resignation.
In what we see here, some of them find in a theater workshop not only a distraction, but a world that makes them open their eyes in several ways and open to the game. Thus they discover new skills, they clear what they carry inside, they find something different in themselves, sometimes they feel something good in their souls. Perhaps that leads them to the mentioned rehabilitation, even – let’s say – to probation.
We are not going to tell what is happening. Let’s just say it is a simple, noble and well told story. But let’s tell how this movie was made. Really there is a workshop in that jail, thanks to the state program Rehabilitation touugh the arts. It is driven by Brent Bruelll. The actor Colman Domingowhich collaborates in that work, decided to boost a semi -infection that highlights its achievements. He would star with himself with prisoners and expressidiaries participating in the workshop and his friend the playwright Be San Josédriver of theater schools in spaces that we would call Centered here.
Sunday chose the director, the Independent Greg Kwedarauthor of “Transpecos”drama of three very different border guards between them. John Divine G Whitfield (25 years imprisoned until his innocence was proven), John H. Richardson, Kwedar and his partner and colleague Clint Bentley They wrote the script. The same takes the story of Clarence Maclina 15 -year sentenced for armed robbery. The own Maclin He interprets himself in the movie. Colman Domingo embodies your friend Divine g and San José to Mike Mikecharacter of sad end.
The result, we already said it, excites. Above had 68 awards at various festivals and three nominations in the recent delivery of the Oscars: Best Film, Best Actor and Best Song (“Like a Bird”of Adrian Quesada and Alexander Abraham). To be wrong: the Bree Buell that appears on the screen is not Buellbut the actor Paul Rici. To appreciate another kind of prison workshop: the formidable “Cesar must die”of the brothers Tavianipowerful registration of high danger prisoners of the Rebibbia prison, Rome, preparing a set of Shakespeare (There is an Argentine narco among them). And for memory: when the Coronda prison, Santa Fe, was a model jail, had a whole theater company formed by prisoners that even toured the peoples with a repertoire of Cervantine hors d’oeuvres. And the Guardiacárceles helped as users.
“The lives of sing sing” (Sing Sing, USA, 2024); Dir.: Greg Kwedar; Int.: Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Sean Blackman, Paul Raci, Brent Bruell, David Giraudy.
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