The San Quentin event will screen both new feature films that depict the prison experience and short projects made by incarcerated filmmakers. By Rebecca Keegan Senior Editor, Film The inaugural San ...

A jury of five incarcerated men selected the film “Songs From the Hole,” directed by Contessa Gayles, as winner of the top award at the first-ever film festival to be held at Sing Sing prison in ...

Held inside a notorious prison among some of California's most dangerous felons, the San Quentin Film Festival is not your typical Hollywood affair. Red-carpet interviews take place just yards (meters ...

Credits: Directed by Greg Kewdar, starring Colman Domingo, Paul Raci and Clarence Maclin. Rating/runtime: R for language throughout; 105 minutes. How to watch: In theaters Friday A film like “Sing ...

A film like “Sing Sing” is a rare, precious achievement — a cinematic work of unique empathy and hand-turned humanity, hewed from the heart, with rigorous attention paid to the creative process. How ...

Feb. 10—Out of more than 140 films submitted from all around the world — Prison City Film Festival programmers have selected 70 films to be screened at this year's film festival. These films will be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a cable news contributor and professor of journalism. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 10: (L-R) Film Independent President ...

Growing up in Brooklyn, John “Divine G” Whitfield was a natural performer. As a Bruce Lee-obsessed teenager, he and a friend would create karate movies, charging 10 cents a pop to view the ...

Brian Fischer, the superintendent of Sing Sing Correctional Facility, stands to face the crowd of incarcerated people and about 100 invited guests. It is Nov. 9, 2001, and the guests have been ushered ...

Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...