Colman Domingo Is The Undisputed Champion Of TIFF 2023

With Sing Sing, Domingo gets a film that is worthy of his talent. The beautifully understated prison drama follows John “Divine G” Whitfield (Domingo), one of the senior members of the Sing Sing correctional facility’s Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) theater troupe. He’s the troupe’s star actor and sometimes playwright, well-versed in Shakespeare and comfortable partaking in emotional acting exercises. Enter: Divine Eye. He’s a new member of the production, and the dynamic shifts when he shows up. Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin (real-life ex-convict Clarence Maclin who is absolutely mesmerizing in this role) wants the troupe to do a comedy and challenges the group to create an outrageous production full of pirates, gladiators, gunfights and Hamlet. When Divine Eye and Divine G go out for the same part, their bond turns tense, and a riveting story unfolds of their friendship, the family created through theater, and the hope that incarceration strips away that art can slowly restore.