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Budget. $4 million. Jamesy Boy is a 2014 American biographical crime drama film directed by Trevor White and written by White and Lane Shadgett. [1] The film stars Spencer Lofranco, Mary-Louise Parker, Taissa Farmiga, Ving Rhames, and James Woods. It tells the true story of ex-convict James Burns.
- $4 million
- January 3, 2014
- Jermaine Stegall
- Scott Mednick, Wayne L. Rogers, Maria Norman, Steven P. Saeta, Galen Walker, Tim White
James is an Emmy Award-winning Director and Producer, a Sundance Institute fellow of 2020, he was selected for the Saatchi & Saatchi New Director Showcase at Cannes Lion in 2016, won the TriBeCa Film Festival Special Jury Award in 2015, and was nominated for the D&AD Next Director Award in 2017. In 2017 James created the Solitary Confinement ...
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Jan 10, 2017 · James Burns, a journalist, volunteered to spend 30 days in solitary confinement and livestreamed his experience to raise awareness of its cruelty. Amy Fettig, an ACLU attorney, shares her concerns and admiration for his bravery and the impact of solitary confinement on people's lives.
- Amy Fettig
- Deputy Director, National Prison Project
Jan 17, 2014 · A film based on the true story of James Burns, a former gang member and poet who overcame a life of crime and incarceration. The review criticizes the film's formulaic plot, weak lead performance and lack of character development.
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Sep 7, 2022 · A documentary—from the directors James Burns, who was previously incarcerated, and Shal Ngo—follows three former inmates as they revisit their traumatic time in solitary confinement. The story...
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Jan 31, 2014 · on Jan 31, 2014. Jamesy Boy, Trevor White. Ostensibly based on a true story, Trevor White’s Jamesy Boy recounts the ascension, demise and redemption of James Burns, a cavalier gang member whose story is an all too American one — he fell into a life of crime on the streets of Baltimore as a 14 year old, did some hard time, and was, somewhat ...