"Clemency" a dramatic feature film from writer / director Chinonye Chukwu is an absorbing and penetrating character study that pulls into deep focus the various ways in which people facing impossible ethical circumstances strive to achieve some state of grace.
Bernadine Williams (Alfre Woodard) is a prison warden who, over the years, has been drifting away from her husband while dutifully carrying out executions in a maximum security prison. When she strikes a unique bond with death-row inmate Anthony Woods (Aldis Hodge), a layer of emotional skin is peeled back, forcing Bernadine to confront the complex — and often contradictory — relationship between good intentions, unrequited desires, and what it means to be sanctioned to kill.
At the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, "Clemency" won Grand Jury Prize honors. The film will be distributed by NEON and has a theatrical release date scheduled Dec. 27, 2019.
"Clemency" stars Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Richard Schiff, Wendell Pierce, Danielle Brooks, LaMonica Garrett, Michael O'Neill, Richard Gunn, Dan Lawler, and Dennis Haskins.
Bernadine Williams (Alfre Woodard) is a prison warden who, over the years, has been drifting away from her husband while dutifully carrying out executions in a maximum security prison. When she strikes a unique bond with death-row inmate Anthony Woods (Aldis Hodge), a layer of emotional skin is peeled back, forcing Bernadine to confront the complex — and often contradictory — relationship between good intentions, unrequited desires, and what it means to be sanctioned to kill.
At the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, "Clemency" won Grand Jury Prize honors. The film will be distributed by NEON and has a theatrical release date scheduled Dec. 27, 2019.
"Clemency" stars Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Richard Schiff, Wendell Pierce, Danielle Brooks, LaMonica Garrett, Michael O'Neill, Richard Gunn, Dan Lawler, and Dennis Haskins.
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