Interviews With "Sing Sing" Actor Colman Domingo & Director/Co-Writer Greg Kwedar

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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"Sing Sing" premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was praised for its relevance to current social issues, powerful performances, and skilled direction. It's one of the most acclaimed films of 2024 and a strong Oscar contender. The film tells the important story of a group of inmates who find redemption through the art of creating theatrical stage shows in the Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) program. We had the privilege of hearing from Academy Award-nominated actor Colman Domingo and Director/Co-Writer Greg Kwedar about their work and experiences making the film, which you can listen to below. Don't miss the opportunity to see this remarkable film, which is now playing in theaters from A24. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and these are Dan Bears interviews with the star from the film Sing Sing Coleman Domingo and the film's director and co-writer Greg Quadar.
0:12.8	To die. To sleep. To dream.
0:20.6	This is a clemency hearing for your conviction, 25 to life.
0:25.6	Since you've been in custody, you've been involved in the theater program.
0:30.6	All right, gentlemen, let's go.
0:33.6	It's been a program that was established to help people get more in touch with their feelings and it truly gets some rehabilitation.
0:40.3	I am Gladiatea. I am Starik.
0:44.3	I'm Prince Hamlet of Denmark.
0:47.3	And it's turned into something of, I don't know, wonderful.
0:52.3	What part do you play?
0:56.1	From time to time I do act, like we all do.
0:59.3	So are you acting at all during this interview?
1:02.5	Welcome everyone to the Next Best Picture podcast, where we are talking with Coleman Domingo, star of the new film Sing Sing.
1:12.1	Coleman, thank you so much for joining us today.
1:15.4	I'm so glad to be here, Daniel. I appreciate you.
1:18.4	Appreciate you.
1:20.0	This movie, which is so beautiful, I saw it last year at the Toronto Film Festival
1:25.4	and have been loving it ever since.
1:29.3	And you play in this film character named Divine G, who is based on a real person who you
1:37.5	got to speak with while you were preparing to play the role.
1:41.5	And I'm curious, what did you learn from him in speaking
1:45.8	with him in that prep work? What a beautiful question. I learned so much about him, about what he
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