27.01.2021
Jeffrey Wright Made ‘O.G.’ in a Working Prison to Show the Thin Line Between Us and Them
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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