SING SING-FR

Event date(s): November 25, 2024
Time(s): 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Category: Fredericton
Location: Fredericton

The Monday Night Film Series presents SING SING on Nov. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Tilley 102, UNB.

The Rehabilitation Through the Arts Program (RTA) founded at Sing Sing maximum-security prison in upstate New York helps people in jail cultivate community through theater, dance and other artistic mediums. Using a mix of professional actors and alumni from the program, Greg Kwedar’s film follows a troupe of incarcerated actors who work on plays as part of a theatre workshop.

Divine G (Colman Domingo) is the driving force for the program and is planning the next production with buddy Mike Mike (Sean San José).  They take a chance on Divine Eye who knows more about theater than he lets on. The new recruit’s struggle to embrace the radical vulnerability of the theater troupe becomes the central narrative of Sing Sing. Their relationship starts off as one between a calm elder soul and a restless young spirit, but eventually evolves into something deeper and more interdependent. Domingo’s performance reflects the undulating texture of his character’s emotional development, from disappointment to rage unearthed by a poignant loss.

Kwedar’s film is a portrait of friendship and a tribute to art’s restorative value. The helmer’s considered direction coaxes a lot of big lessons from this quiet film. Sing Sing is about the gift of creating with community and the redemptive nature of self-expression. 

“Soaring and tender, this extraordinary drama has empathy enough to embrace its nuanced characters while rejecting the broken system that targets them.”  Jeffrey M. Anderson, Common Sense Media 

This term, 14 limited release, independent foreign & Canadian films will be shown. Admission is $10/film, but a half-yearly $12 student film society membership reduces admission cost to $7/film. The series is open to all. Memberships are available at Tilley 102 every Monday night.

For further info, contact NB Film Co-op 455-1632  info@nbfilmcoop.com or visit our website.

The NB Film Co-op in partnership with the UNB Faculty of Arts and the Toronto Film Festival presents the series.

Building: Tilley Hall

Room Number: Room 102