HARD TRUTH

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O.G.
IT'S A HARD TRUTH AIN'T IT
DANGEROUS ACTS
DUKE 91 & 92: BACK TO BACK
THE LOTTERY

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...

The HBO Documentary Films to Present IT'S A HARD TRUTH AIN'T IT

BROADWAY WORLD | Dec. 13, 2019 The HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS presentation IT'S A HARD TRUTH AIN'T IT, filmed during the production of O.G.,...

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...

Four Movies at the Tribeca Film Festival That Don’t Pretend

VILLAGE VOICE | April 25, 2018 A film-within-a-film is a well-worn narrative conceit, but one that seems more complicated in the context...

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...

A Prison Film Made in Prison

THE NEW YORKER | January 29, 2018 | Nick Paumgarten – When Theothus Carter was eleven, he and some friends stole a car, just for kicks....

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Madeleine Sackler

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