FILM
SING SING
COOL HAND COLMAN
Prison breakthrough: finding redemption through art.
★★★★
OUT 30 AUGUST / CERT 15 / 106 MINS
DIRECTOR Greg Kwedar
CAST Colman Domingo, Paul Raci, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, Sean San José, David ‘Dap’ Giraudy
PLOT Divine G (Domingo) runs an inmate theatre group at Sing Sing prison. His peace-making skills are tested by Divine Eye (Maclin).
SOME MEN WOULD rather go to prison than to therapy. Or at least, some men do go to prison rather than to therapy. This intensely empathetic and non-judgmental drama, based on a true story, suggests that beauty and emotion might result if desperate, damaged men were allowed to find other ways to express themselves, and emphasises the power of art —even bad art —to change lives.