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...
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TIMES HERALD RECORD | February 23, 2019 | Kevin Gleason Jeffrey Wright (“Westworld,” “Boardwalk Empire”) brings his usual intensity to...
‘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...
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...
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
Paste Magazine | February 22, 2019 | Amy Glynn A man who’s committed a terrible crime faces a daunting re-entry into the world outside...
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,...
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
NEW YORK POST | February 15, 2019 | Robert Rorke Jeffrey Wright (right) and real-life inmate Theotus Carter on the Indiana Pendleton...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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