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sing sing a complete unknow

The Story: Divine G, imprisoned in Sing Sing for a The Story: New York, 1961. Against the backdrop
crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by performing of a vibrant music scene and the cultural turmoil of
in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men, the time, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota
including the suspicious newcomer, in this moving true arrives in the city with his guitar and a revolutionary
story of resistance, humanity, and the life-changing talent, destined to change the course of American
power of art, with a cast that includes an unforgettable music.
ensemble of ex-convict actors.
Rui Pedro Tendinha wrote: "The film gains
Tatiana Henriques wrote: "The film shows what immensely from not wanting to be intrusive or trivial
prisoners can do from there, not what got them there. It's in its exploration of the musician's most intimate side,
a very sensitive script, enhanced by Greg Kwedar's careful even when it turns the process of musical creation into
direction, which exalts the humanity of the stories told— a treatise on intimacy, with Dylan jumping out of bed
the filmmaker is also one of the screenwriters. [...] without a shower or brushing his teeth and inventing
The film blurs the lines between reality and fiction, one of the most beautiful songs in history... The film
tracing a path of redemption through art and shared accurately transmutes iconography while consistently
experiences. «Sing Sing» is inspiring without forcing it, honouring the songs' immense significance. In this
based on the strength of its story. This approach involves sense, it's a film that asks us to enter into the sound of
the viewer, inviting them to engage with the play as well." music (not just Dylan's, but also Baez's and Seeger's).

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