The Heartland International Film Festival announced the official selections for its 28th edition, with Marielle Heller’s Tom Hanks’ starrer A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD as the Opening Night Gala film,
Clemency (2019)
Clemency (2019)
NAME OF FILM: CLEMENCY
DIRECTOR(S): Chinonye Chukwu
STARRING: Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, LaMonica Garrett
GENRE: Drama Film
SYNOPSIS: Bernadine (Woodard) is a prison warden whose psychic toll has been wrought by years working on death row, and which has caused tensions with her husband Jonathan (Wendell Pierce). After a harrowing botched procedure, her growing investment in the inmate who is next to be executed, Anthony (a mesmerizing Aldis Hodge), encourages her to take a long overdue look in the mirror.