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      • Sing Sing is a polished, affecting film based on harsh but hopeful realities. The film's perspective is a wildly different view from lurid prison dramas, or even documentaries. We are instantly put in the midst of a production of Rehabilitation Through the Arts, or RTA, an ongoing theatre programme in six New York State prisons.
  1. Jul 11, 2024 · Sing Sing is a polished, affecting film based on harsh but hopeful realities. The film's perspective is a wildly different view from lurid prison dramas, or even documentaries.

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  3. Jul 12, 2024 · For the men of Sing Sing, art becomes both refuge and rebellion, presented not only as a coping mechanism for incarceration, but a therapeutic alternative. Kwedar, through his gentle visual...

    • Siddhant Adlakha
  4. Jul 13, 2024 · Directed by Greg Kwedar, “Sing Sing” is a tender depiction of a population that often goes forgotten and dehumanized. In the film, Colman Domingo portrays John “Divine G” Whitfield, a man who was wrongfully convicted of a crime and goes on to help lead RTA while fighting for his freedom.

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  5. One place where “Sing Sing” may fall behind is in below-the-line categories — Sound, Editing, Cinematography, etc. — because it's more focused on character and acting, although it does have a...

  6. Jul 10, 2024 · The movie is set inside a maximum security prison in New York state, highlighting a real-life rehabilitation program that works to offer inmates an artistic outlet and featuring a cast that includes many formerly incarcerated actors. This is a premise that could turn horrifically treacly or maudlin.

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  7. Jun 20, 2024 · Sing Sing is the product not just of that extensive research period, but also the direct testimony of people who were formerly incarcerated and rediscovered themselves through the program.

  8. Aug 30, 2024 · Based on an extraordinary true story, the film follows a group of cons taking part in the Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) program in Sing Sing Prison in upstate New York, as they seek...

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