Sing Sing / Ghostlight
Two films about expression and grappling with trauma and emotions through the art of theater, aka two films that have a death grip on my heart.
If you’ve been paying attention to recent new releases to hit theaters, you’ve probably come across rave reviews for Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing. Maybe you’ve even been fortunate enough to see it already and give it your own rave review.1
I caught Sing Sing a few weeks ago in theaters, just shy of its wide release in the U.S., and it’s a movie I’ve been thinking a lot about ever since. For the uninitiated, Sing Sing is a film based on the story of the Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) program at Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison. RTA is a program that connects professional artists with inmates to teach them theater, dance, music, creative writing, and visual arts.
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