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First-Ever Film Festival Inside a Prison Sets Jeffrey Wright, Billy Crudup, Mary Louise Parker and More as Jurors
The San Quentin Film Festival — the first-ever film festival inside a prison — has set a jury including Jeffrey Wright, Billy Crudup and more.
The festival, taking place Oct. 10 and 11 at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in northern California, will highlight short films and pitches from current and formerly incarcerated filmmakers in front of a jury made up of entertainment industry artists and executives. Actors on the industry jury include Wright (“American Fiction,” “Westworld”), Crudup (“The Morning Show,” “Almost Famous”), Parker (“Weeds,” “Angels in America”) and Kathy Najimy (“Sister Act,” “Hocus Pocus”). Directors on the jury include Elegance Bratton (“Pier Kids,” “The Inspection”), Taylor Hackford (“Ray,” “Blood In Blood Out”), Lynn Novick (“The U.S. and the Holocaust,” “College Behind Bars”), Greg Kwedar (“Sing Sing,” “Jockey”), Jeff Stanzler (“Jumpin’ At the Boneyard,” “Sorry Haters”) and Joe Talbot (“The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” “American Paradise”).
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