After picking up the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Chinonye Chukwu’s death row drama “Clemency” is well on its way to a busy fall season. That means not just a late December release, but all the fuss that goes along with an awards campaign for an excellent film that also boasts a pair of standout performances worthy of their own individual attention.
Chukwu both wrote and directed the heartbreaking drama, which stars Alfre Woodard as a prison warden struggling with the emotional demands of her job, many of which come to a head as she prepares to execute a prisoner (Aldis Hodge) mounting a desperate last-minute fight for exoneration. The filmmaker boldly tracks these two characters, brought to life by a pair of very talented leads, as they brace for an inevitable tragedy, making sure neither comes off as hero or villain. Each scene...
Chukwu both wrote and directed the heartbreaking drama, which stars Alfre Woodard as a prison warden struggling with the emotional demands of her job, many of which come to a head as she prepares to execute a prisoner (Aldis Hodge) mounting a desperate last-minute fight for exoneration. The filmmaker boldly tracks these two characters, brought to life by a pair of very talented leads, as they brace for an inevitable tragedy, making sure neither comes off as hero or villain. Each scene...
- 9/19/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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