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‘Sing Sing’: Read The Screenplay Based On A Real-Life Theater Program For Incarcerated Men
Sing Sing is based on the true story of John “Divine G” Whitfield, who’s falsely incarcerated but finds purpose by acting in a prison theater group.
The Greg Kwedar-directed film from A24 is based on the true story of John “Divine G” Whitfield (Domingo), who’s imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit but finds purpose by acting in a theater group alongside other incarcerated men like Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin (who plays himself). Launched at New York’s Sing Sing Correctional Facility in 1996, RTA has grown from a single theater workshop to a comprehensive arts program in multiple prisons in the state and is a world leader in arts-in-prison programming, the organization said. The group’s interim director, Leslie Lichter, called Sing Sing “a powerful film that captures the incarcerated community and life in prison uniquely and authentically.” The story is by Kwedar, Clint Bentley, Maclin and Whitfield, and was adapted for the screen by Bentley & Kwedar.
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