CLEMENCY Special Screenings

CLEMENCY

Talent attending: Chinonye Chukwu (Director), Aldis Hodge (Talent), Alfre Woodard (Talent)

Commanding the screen, Alfre Woodard plays Bernadine Williams, a stoic prison warden challenged with overseeing death row executions. She navigates the physiological complexities and consequences of regularly taking a life, treating her profession with discipline and the inmates with dignity. As the invisible toll takes effect and the next execution looms, Bernadine detaches emotionally from her husband and colleagues, struggling to keep her life together.

Director Chinonye Chukwu crafts an intimate portrait of one woman’s internal battle for freedom and grace. While the film boasts a skillful ensemble, including Richard Schiff, Aldis Hodge and Wendell Pierce, it is Woodard’s powerful performance that elevates this drama to new heights. Awarded the US Narrative Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, CLEMENCY showcases the collateral damage of flawed justice. –Sarah Harris

Chinonye Chukwu is a screenwriter and director. CLEMENCY, her second feature film, won a place on the 2017 Athena List, a designation that recognizes excellent scripts featuring female protagonists. Chukwu has also received the prestigious Princess Grace Award Film Graduate Scholarship and Princeton University’s Hodder Fellowship. Her debut feature film, ALASKALAND, has screened globally and been released on several digital and video-on-demand platforms.

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Details

Country: USA

Year: 2019

Director: Chinonye Chukwu

Screenwriter: Chinonye Chukwu

Producers: Bronwyn Cornelius, Julian Cautherley, Peter Wong, Timur Bekbosunov

Executive Producers: Annie Chang, Johnny Chang, Calvin Choong, Emma Lee, Alfre Woodard, Kathryn Bostic, Regina K. Scully

Director of Photography: Eric Branco

Editor: Phyllis Housen

Production Designer: Margaux Rust

Music: Kathryn Bostic

Cast/Featuring: Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Richard Schiff, Wendell Pierce, Richard Gunn, Danielle Brooks

Running Time (minutes): 113 min

Language: English

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