Showtimes September 6 - 12:

In New York’s Ossining prison, an organization called Rehabilitation Through Arts runs a theater program for incarcerated individuals (click here to read more about this real and impactful program). Sing Sing unites actor Colman Domingo with graduates of the program to tell the fictionalized story of Divine G, a man imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit.

While the national recidivism rate stands at about 60%, for those who’ve participated in RTA’s theater program, it’s closer to 3%. A testament to art’s redemptive power, Sing Sing tells a story about their work, casting Colman Domingo as a wrongfully incarcerated man who finds purpose in a theater group while spending time in prison. When a wary outsider joins the group, the men decide to stage their first original comedy. The show they produce contains a unique emotional resonance, as does director Greg Kwedar’s film, whose ensemble cast is rounded out by a group of formerly incarcerated actors from the real Sing Sing correctional facility.  This choice has such a powerful impact, making you realize the it’s not just the stories you’re seeing on screen that are real, it’s the people who lived them. You may just want to bring a tissue; not because their stories are necessarily sad, but their realness will move you to empathy.

(US / 2023 / Directed by Greg Kwedar)
R / 1 hr 47 mins