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HBO Films Picks Up O.G. Starring Jeffrey Wright
HBO The Westworld actor portrays a maximum-security prison inmate on the verge of being released. On the heels of its 2018 Tribeca Film...
HBO Films Acquires Jeffrey Wright Prison Movie ‘O.G.’
THE WRAP | October 12, 2018 | Trey Williams HBO announced on Friday that it has acquired the Jeffrey Wright-led film “O.G.” The film was...
HBO Acquires ‘O.G.’, Prison-Filmed Feature Starring Jeffrey Wright
DEADLINE | October 12, 2018 | Erik Pedersen HBO has picked up O.G., a narrative feature starring Jeffrey Wright that was filmed entirely...
HBO Acquires Jeffrey Wright Feature ‘O.G.’
VARIETY | October 12, 2018 | Daniel Holloway HBO has acquired “O.G.,” a feature film starring Jeffrey Wright and directed by Madeleine...
HBO Acquires Jeffrey Wright Prison Movie 'O.G.'
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER | October 12, 2018 | Bryn Elise Sandberg The cable network has also snapped up documentary 'It's a Hard Truth...


Filming prison blues: Breaking out of the jailhouse drama genre
THE ECONOMIST | April 30, 2018 | A.H.B. – “O.G.” and “It’s A Hard Truth Ain’t It”, a feature and a documentary from the same film-maker,...
Starring inmates, ‘O.G’ puts incarceration under a new lens
ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr. 27, 2018 | Jake Coyle — More than 120 incarcerated men and dozens of prison guards play roles large and small in...
2018 Tribeca Film Festival Awards: ‘Diane,’ ‘Smuggling Hendrix,’ and More Take Top Honors
INDIEWIRE | April 26, 2018 | Michael Nordine – Best Actor in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film: Jeffrey Wright in O.G. The award was given by...
Four Movies at the Tribeca Film Festival That Don’t Pretend
VILLAGE VOICE | April 25, 2018 A film-within-a-film is a well-worn narrative conceit, but one that seems more complicated in the context...
Filmmaking in Jail: How Director Madeleine Sackler Shot Two Movies in a Maximum-Security Prison
INDIEWIRE | April 24, 2018 | Chris O'Falt "O.G." and "It's A Hard Truth Ain't It" are the products of Madeleine Sackler's five year...
The Première of “O.G.,” the Film Made Inside an Indiana Prison
THE NEW YORKER | April 24, 2018 | Nick Paumgarten – The film “O.G.,” set and shot in a prison in Indiana, using inmates and guards as...
17 Movies to Enjoy for the Tribeca Film Festival’s 17th Edition
THE NEW YORK TIMES | April 17, 2018 | Ben Kenigsberg – The good news for anyone who finds the Tribeca Film Festival daunting is that the...
Tribeca Film Festival Unveils Feature Lineup
DEADLINE | March 7, 2018| Dino-Ray Ramos – The 17th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival announced today their feature film lineup. On...
Tribeca Film Festival Unveils 2018 Slate
VARIETY | March 7, 2018 | Gordon Cox – The Tribeca Film Festival has set its full feature film slate for 2018, tapping 96 movies,...


A Prison Film Made in Prison
THE NEW YORKER | January 29, 2018 | Nick Paumgarten – When Theothus Carter was eleven, he and some friends stole a car, just for kicks....
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES ANNOUNCES WINNERS
THE EMMYS | September 28, 2015 [...] OUTSTANDING ARTS & CULTURE PROGRAMMING HBO Documentary Films ...
Sackler Talks Astonishing TIFF Doc ‘Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus’
INDIEWIRE | September 20, 2013 | Anne Thompson – Sackler Talks Astonishing TIFF Doc 'Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of...
Toronto Film Review: ‘Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus’
VARIETY | September 18, 2013 | Dennis Harvey – Madeleine Sackler's engrossing documentary chronicles upheaval in 'the last dictatorship...
Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus: Toronto Review
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER | September 12, 2013 | Stephen Dalton – Newly acquired by HBO, this globetrotting American documentary meets the...
HBO Nabs TV Rights to ‘Lottery’ Director’s Doc About the Belarus Free Theatre
INDIEWIRE | September 3, 2013 | Alison Willmore – HBO Nabs TV Rights to 'Lottery' Director's Doc About the Belarus Free Theatre Ahead of...
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