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    What’s on TV Saturday: ‘O.G.’ and the Film Independent Spirit Awards

    What’s on TV Saturday: ‘O.G.’ and the Film Independent Spirit Awards

    THE NEW YORK TIMES | February 23, 2019 | Sara Aridi A prison drama debuts on HBO. And the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards air live fr...
    TV Guy: Tale of a prisoner’s quiet desperation
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    TV Guy: Tale of a prisoner’s quiet desperation MOST POPULAR

    TIMES HERALD RECORD | February 23, 2019 | Kevin Gleason Jeffrey Wright (“Westworld,” “Boardwalk Empire”) brings his usual intensity to “O...
    ‘O.G.’ Review: Jeffrey Wright Awes in a Meditative HBO Film Shot in a Working Prison

    ‘O.G.’ Review: Jeffrey Wright Awes in a Meditative HBO Film Shot in a Working Prison

    IndieWire | February 23, 2019 | Ben Travers Jeffrey Wright in “O.G.” | HBO An introspective look at what a life behind bars does to a man...
    Inside Man: ‘O.G.’ Star Jeffrey Wright on Life Behind Bars

    Inside Man: ‘O.G.’ Star Jeffrey Wright on Life Behind Bars

    ROLLING STONE | February 22, 2019 | Jamil Smith The ‘Westworld’ actor talks about shooting his new HBO film inside a maximum-security pri...
    In ‘O.G.,’ shot at an Indiana prison, Jeffrey Wright stuns as inmate nearly free

    In ‘O.G.,’ shot at an Indiana prison, Jeffrey Wright stuns as inmate nearly free

    CHICAGO SUN TIMES | February 22, 2019 | Richard Roeper Theothus Carter (right), a real-life inmate, plays a new arrival at prison who is ...
    HBO's O.G., Starring Jeffrey Wright, Is a Masterful Portrait of Prison Life

    HBO's O.G., Starring Jeffrey Wright, Is a Masterful Portrait of Prison Life

    Paste Magazine | February 22, 2019 | Amy Glynn A man who’s committed a terrible crime faces a daunting re-entry into the world outside th...
    What’s New On Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, And HBO This Weekend: ‘Paddleton’, ‘Death Wish’, ‘O.G.’, & more

    What’s New On Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, And HBO This Weekend: ‘Paddleton’, ‘Death Wish’, ‘O.G.’, & more

    DECIDER | February 22, 2019 | Claire Spellberg 📷Photos: Everett Collection, HBO, NETFLIX; Illustration: Dillen Phelps Happy Friday, folk...
    Jeffrey Wright is brooding perfection in ‘O.G.,’ a prison drama immersed in reality

    Jeffrey Wright is brooding perfection in ‘O.G.,’ a prison drama immersed in reality

    SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE | February 22, 2019 | Peter Hartlaub “Dignity, self-respect, grace. At the end of the day, that’s what you want ...
    Jeffrey Wright: Filming ‘OG’ in real prison helped me appreciate freedom

    Jeffrey Wright: Filming ‘OG’ in real prison helped me appreciate freedom

    NEW YORK POST | February 15, 2019 | Robert Rorke Jeffrey Wright (right) and real-life inmate Theotus Carter on the Indiana Pendleton Corr...

    O.G.

    HBO O.G. follows Louis (Jeffrey Wright), once the head of a prominent prison gang, in the final weeks of his 24-year sentence. His impend...

    HBO Films Picks Up O.G. Starring Jeffrey Wright

    HBO The Westworld actor portrays a maximum-security prison inmate on the verge of being released. On the heels of its 2018 Tribeca Film F...

    HBO Films Acquires Jeffrey Wright Prison Movie ‘O.G.’

    THE WRAP | October 12, 2018 | Trey Williams HBO announced on Friday that it has acquired the Jeffrey Wright-led film “O.G.” The film was ...

    HBO Acquires ‘O.G.’, Prison-Filmed Feature Starring Jeffrey Wright

    DEADLINE | October 12, 2018 | Erik Pedersen HBO has picked up O.G., a narrative feature starring Jeffrey Wright that was filmed entirely ...

    HBO Acquires Jeffrey Wright Feature ‘O.G.’

    VARIETY | October 12, 2018 | Daniel Holloway HBO has acquired “O.G.,” a feature film starring Jeffrey Wright and directed by Madeleine Sa...

    HBO Acquires Jeffrey Wright Prison Movie 'O.G.'

    THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER | October 12, 2018 | Bryn Elise Sandberg The cable network has also snapped up documentary 'It's a Hard Truth Ain'...
    Filming prison blues: Breaking out of the jailhouse drama genre

    Filming prison blues: Breaking out of the jailhouse drama genre

    THE ECONOMIST | April 30, 2018 | A.H.B. – “O.G.” and “It’s A Hard Truth Ain’t It”, a feature and a documentary from the same film-maker, ...

    Starring inmates, ‘O.G’ puts incarceration under a new lens

    ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr. 27, 2018 | Jake Coyle — More than 120 incarcerated men and dozens of prison guards play roles large and small in ...

    2018 Tribeca Film Festival Awards: ‘Diane,’ ‘Smuggling Hendrix,’ and More Take Top Honors

    INDIEWIRE | April 26, 2018 | Michael Nordine – Best Actor in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film: Jeffrey Wright in O.G. The award was given by...

    Filmmaking in Jail: How Director Madeleine Sackler Shot Two Movies in a Maximum-Security Prison

    INDIEWIRE | April 24, 2018 | Chris O'Falt "O.G." and "It's A Hard Truth Ain't It" are the products of Madeleine Sackler's five year journ...

    The Première of “O.G.,” the Film Made Inside an Indiana Prison

    THE NEW YORKER | April 24, 2018 | Nick Paumgarten – The film “O.G.,” set and shot in a prison in Indiana, using inmates and guards as cas...
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