In collaboration with A24 and The Just Trust, The Healing Project will host a screening of Sing Sing at the Angelika Film Center. Based on the true story of Rehabilitation Through the Arts’ (RTA) members putting on the 2005 original production of Breakin’ the Mummy’s Code—a musical time-travel comedy that interweaves gladiators, cowboys, pirates, and even Hamlet into its fantastical plot—Sing Sing centers on the friendship between Clarence Maclin, who plays himself, and John “Divine G” Whitfield, played by Colman Domingo. The plot also captures the two men’s pursuit of freedom, with a particular focus on Whitfield’s real-life battle over a wrongful conviction that has stood for more than two decades.

Following the screening, our Executive/Artistic Director Samora Pinderhughes will moderate a panel with Divine G and fellow RTA alumni Dario Peña. We will also celebrate the news that Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez (fellow RTA alumni and actor in Sing Sing) will be exonerated as of September 30. We will wrap the night with a spiritual performance by our Healing Project Choir members.

We are in awe of the work that went into the making of this film and are grateful to play a small role in sharing its power.