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Clemency

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• Drama

• 2019
• Chinonye Chukwu
• 112 mins
• 15

Summary

Drama starring Alfre Woodard. Prison warden Bernadine Williams starts to prepare for the upcoming execution of an inmate who has lost his final judicial appeal. With the condemned continuing to maintain his innocence, and refusing to talk to Williams, the warden starts to develop doubts over the situation, and her role in the system.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Beth Webb

Gut-wrenching and vital in equal measure, Clemency also provides Alfre Woodard with a role that will define her long and expansive career. She stars as Bernadine, a warden who oversees death-row executions in a maximum-security prison. When she begins preparations for the upcoming execution of an inmate (Aldis Hodge) who maintains his innocence and is awaiting a pardon that may never come, Bernadine's stoic exterior starts to crumble, and those tightly wrapped coils beneath her surface calm begin to snap. Writer/director Chinonye Chukwu offers little relief from the gruelling rhythm of Bernadine's profession, but expertly finds ways to portray her feelings of imprisonment in an environment that has quietly taken its toll on every aspect of her life. With Woodard and Hodge delivering phenomenal performances, Clemency emerges as an extraordinary feat in film-making that is as unflinching as it is poignant.

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6.5/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameWarden Bernadine WilliamsAlfre WoodardJonathan WilliamsWendell PierceAnthony WoodsAldis HodgeMarty LumettaRichard SchiffEvette Danielle BrooksChaplain David KendricksMichael O'NeillDeputy Thomas MorganRichard GunnLogan CartwrightLaMonica Garrett

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rolenameDirectorChinonye Chukwu

Details

Theatrical distributor

Modern Films

Released on

2020-07-17

Languages

English

Guidance

swearing, disturbing scenes

Available on

DVD

Formats

Colour

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