Top billed cast

1. 

   Colman Domingo

   John 'Divine G' Whitfield

2. 

   Clarence Maclin

   Clarence 'Divine Eye' Maclin

3. 

   Sean San Jose

   Mike Mike

4. 

   Paul Raci

   Brent Buell

5. 

   David "Dap" Giraudy

   David 'Dap' Giraudy

6. 

   Patrick "Preme" Griffin

   Patrick 'Preme' Griffin

7. 

   Mosi Eagle

   Mosi Eagle

8. 

   James "Big E" Williams

   James 'Big E' Williams

9. 

   Sean Dino Johnson

   Sean 'Dino' Johnson

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-10-07

"G" (Colman Domingo) spends much of his time in prison leading their amateur dramatics society. This quite disparate group of felons are quite adept at turning their hand to everything from Shakespeare to things he's written himself, and with his clemency hearing looming and him having new evidence that he didn't commit the crime he's in for, he is generally an upbeat and optimistic man. They are one person short on their team, and so decide to approach new arrival Clarence Maclin to see if he will join their group. He does, but he takes a different approach to the whole operation and that loo...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,000,000.00

Revenue
$3,401,789.00

Keywords

• prison
• based on novel or book
• male friendship
• based on true story
• wrongful imprisonment
• sing sing
• african american
• pathetic
• inspirational
• theatre
• direct
• vibrant