Colman Domingo and a cast of former Rehabilitation Through the Arts members make a case for the healing power of theater — and the movies.
meet John Whitfield, known to friends and enemies alike by his nickname Divine G, as a person convicted of a crime. You are introduced to him onstage as a performer, bringing a production ofto a close as an audience of fellow incarcerated men applaud.
As for Divine G, he’s a bit of a living legend among the population. He not only cofounded the group, but has written several of the plays they’ve performed; when he asks an autograph seeker if the man was at Riker’s Island, you get the sense that his legacy is larger than one correctional facility.
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