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27.01.2021
“One could even say that they aren’t really prison films, according to the traditional mechanics of the genre. There’s no rape, no evil warden, no solitary-confinement montage. Prison is the village where they live.” THE NEW…
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“The performances are exceptionally strong, both by the free-to-leave professional actors (especially Jeffrey Wright, who plays Louis, the “O.G.” of the title, an older inmate on the verge of release) and by the incarcerated neophytes.”
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In a conversation with The Vera Institute of Justice, Sackler, alongside screenwriter Stephen Belber, actor David Patrick Kelly, and activist Wesley Caines, emphasized the desire to represent a true prison experience.
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Director Madeleine Sackler and Jeffrey Wright share insights on shooting inside a maximum security prison and how filmmaking can be used to rehabilitate.
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Jeffrey Wright plays an inmate near the end of his sentence in the first dramatic feature by documentarian Madeleine Sackler.
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Known for her eye-opening documentaries, Emmy-winning producer/director Madeleine Sackler had not one but two films in 2018’s Tribeca Film Festival
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“Jeffrey Wright is impressively, intensely insular as a convict staring down the possibility of freedom in O.G.”
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“Director/producer Madeleine Sackler coaxes perfect performances throughout, delivers authentic locations, and shows attention to the tiniest details”
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“The film’s slow-burn storytelling is uncluttered by exposition and introductions of minor players. This allows an A-plus character study, matched with an actor who is more than up for the challenge”
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