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The Partnership: ‘Sing Sing’ Filmmakers Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley On The True Story That Changed Them Forever & Their Plan To Save Independent Film


Oscar-Nominated ‘Sing Sing’ Filmmakers Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley On The True Story That Changed Them Forever & Their Plan To Save Independent Film

Back in 2016, their first film Transpecos, about border agents in the desert, cemented their like-minded connection, as they found they each approached narrative storytelling with the journalistic outlook of a documentarian. In conversation with Deadline, Bentley and Kwedar, who are Academy-nominated in Best Adapted Screenplay, with their lead, Colman Domingo, nominated in Best Actor, explain their hope for the future of independent film. And so, to have that in place and yet, by being different directors, both still have that moment of being able to call the shots and actually follow your true instincts, but you have someone there who understands you and who you trust that can help support that vision coming to life.

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