Join us as Jamal Joseph brings his timely and authentic new urban drama, CHAPTER AND VERSE, to Buffalo, NY!
A one-week-long exclusive engagement!
Be here for our 7:00 PM Friday show on June 9th for a special LIVE, IN-PERSON filmmaker Q&A.
“The movie’s wide-screen framing, ruthless plot reversals and say-what-you-mean writing sometimes recall a master of socially conscious cinema from another era, Sam Fuller. But this is a picture with its own strong voice.” CRITICS’ PICK ✔
– Glenn Kenny, New York Times
“Featuring a superb lead performance by acclaimed theater performer Daniel Beaty in his screen debut, the film handles its admittedly familiar themes in uncommonly sensitive fashion….A moving, gritty urban drama.”
– Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter
“Fresh and authentic….a saga about the lengths one must go to, and the sacrifices one must make, to attain a workable future – both for oneself, and for others.”
– Nick Schager, Variety
“James Baldwin’s bracingly relevant writings, which inspired the potent “I Am Not Your Negro,” also resonate deeply in “Chapter & Verse,” Jamal Joseph’s tough/tender portrait of an ex-con attempting to find redemption in modern-day transitional Harlem.”
– Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times
After serving eight years in prison, reformed gang leader S. Lance Ingram re-enters society and struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. Living under the tough supervision of a parole officer in a halfway house, he is unable to find a job that will let him use the technological skills he gained in prison. Lance is forced to take a job delivering for a food pantry where he befriends Ms. Maddy (LORETTA DEVINE), a strong and spirited grandmother, and assumes responsibility for her 15-year-old grandson Ty, a promising student who is pulled into a dangerous street gang.
When gang members decide to punish Ty for disobeying the “law of the streets,” Lance risks sacrificing his “second chance” at freedom so that Ty can have a “first chance” at a better life.
Starring Daniel Beaty, Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine and Selenis Leyva.
