Austin Film Festival 2019 has selected Waves by Trey Edward Shults as the fest’s Centerpiece, along with honors for Oscar-and Emmy-nominated producer Sarah Green.
Clemency (2019)
NAME OF FILM: CLEMENCY
DIRECTOR(S): Chinonye Chukwu
STARRING: Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, LaMonica Garrett
GENRE: Drama Film
SYNOPSIS: Bernadine (Woodard) is a prison warden whose psychic toll has been wrought by years working on death row, and which has caused tensions with her husband Jonathan (Wendell Pierce). After a harrowing botched procedure, her growing investment in the inmate who is next to be executed, Anthony (a mesmerizing Aldis Hodge), encourages her to take a long overdue look in the mirror.
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Virginia Film Festival Announces 2019 Lineup – Harriet, Just Mercy, Western Stars, The Two Popes
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Heartland International Film Festival Reveals 2019 Lineup – A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD to Open Fest
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Hamptons Intl Film Festival Announces 2019 Lineup, THE AERONAUTS, HUMAN CAPITAL,WESTERN STARS
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WAVES Starring Sterling K. Brown to Close Hamptons Film Fest
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Shia LaBeouf’s HONEY BOY and Scarlett Johansson’s MARRIAGE STORY Bookend Woodstock Film Festival 20th Anniversary Lineup
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PAIN AND GLORY, THE TWO POPES, and PARASITES Headline Miami Film Festival GEMS 2019
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JUST MERCY Starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx will Open Hamptons Film Festival 2019
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Toronto Film Festival 2019 Reveals First Films Selected for Gala and Special Presentations
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Seattle International Film Festival Announces 2019 Awards – TEL AVIV ON FIRE Wins Top Prize
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Provincetown International Film Festival Announces 2019 Lineup + Honors for John Cameron Mitchell and Jillian Bell
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2019 New Directors/New Films Announces Lineup, Opens with CLEMENCY Starring Alfre Woodard
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2019 Sundance Film Festival Awards – CLEMENCY, ONE CHILD NATION, HONEYLAND, THE SOUVENIR Win Top Prizes
Bold, intimate, and humanizing stories won at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival with Grand Jury Prizes awarded to Clemency, One Child Nation, Honeyland and The Souvenir.
112 Feature Films Selected for 2019 Sundance Film Festival
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