Join the Rotary Club as they host the movie Sing Sing, the fourth film in their International Film Series. Showings are at 4:00pm or 7:00pm at Landmark Cinemas in Kanata.
Should you wish to attend the 4:00pm film showings, please email Charles Mossman at charca@yahoo.com or if you opt for the 7:00pm timeframe passes, please email Sandra Burt at sburt@uwaterloo.ca.
And a little about the film – The Rehabilitation Through the Arts Program at Sing Sing maximum security prison in the United States is the inspiration for this powerful film. Colman Domingo and Paul Raci lead the cast of this feel-good movie that delivers promise for redemption. Colman plays the role of Divine G Whitfield, an inmate who started the rehabilitation program and was the author of many plays about the program. Also of note is Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin, playing himself and working to make a difference in the prisoners’ lives. Clarence is not without some flaws. He is a threatening presence in prison life – and he really needs the help offered by the Rehabilitation Program. ‘Sing Sing’ is a film that gives us some hope about the future of incarcerated men and delivers some very fine performances from men who have no acting backgrounds. It is, as one critic notes, “a moving celebration of art that sees the inmates as human beings.”