THE SING SING CHRONICLES
SCREENING TIMES & TICKETS:
SUNDAY, MARCH 30
1 PM
THE GRANGE HALL
Dir. Dawn Porter | Documentary | U.S.A. | 2024 | 1 hr. 30 min. | Rated TV-14
Followed by a discussion with director Dawn Porter and film subject Jon-Adrian Velazquez
A four-part docuseries by award-winning MVFF alum Dawn Porter, this is an exposé built on two decades of original investigative reporting with unprecedented access to one of America’s most notorious prisons. Crafted from more than 1,000 hours of footage, from 2002 to the present day, it tells the story of two men, a journalist and a murder convict, who begin as strangers but become like brothers. Their unlikely connection, forged in the cell blocks of New York’s Sing Sing Correctional Facility, ignites a search for justice in four unrelated homicide cases. This is a screening of the second and fourth episodes of the series.
Photo by Bryant Fisher
Photo courtesy of NBC News Studios
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Dawn Porter is an American documentary filmmaker and the founder of the production company Trilogy. Her award-winning films and series include Luther: Never Too Much; The Lady Bird Diaries; Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court; Trapped; Spies of Mississippi; and Gideon’s Army, among many others. She is a three-time Sundance Film Festival director, and National Medal of the Arts recipient, whose work has been featured on HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Showtime, CNN, PBS, MSNBC, MTV Films, and other platforms. Porter discovered her passion for filmmaking, following her time as an attorney. She is a graduate of Swarthmore College, with a major in political science, and has a law degree from Georgetown University Law School.
Tickets for these screenings are general-admission and pay-what-you-can. The suggested ticket price is $20. If you can pay more, we greatly appreciate it!