By Selena Kuznikov
Southern Storytellers | Inside Look | New Series Premieres July 18 on PBS
Filmland Film Festival returns to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts August 14-18, hosted by the Arkansas Cinema Society. Colman Domingo will be honored with the inaugural Southern Storytellers award at the festival.
Domingo is receiving the honor in recognition of his performance in A24's "Sing Sing," in which he plays the lead role of Divine G, a wrongfully imprisoned man who finds purpose by performing in a theater troupe with other incarcerated men. The actor, who also served as an executive producer on the film, will join co-writer and producer Bentley, producer Walton and moderator Nichols for a discussion following the screening.
Variety's chief film critic Peter Debruge will host the Southern Storytellers panel, presented by Variety, featuring speakers Domingo ("Sing Sing," "Rustin"), Jeff Nichols ("The Bikeriders"), Craig Brewer ("Hustle & Flow," "Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist"), Kyle Hausmann-Stokes ("My Dead Friend Zoe"), Michael Schwartz ("The Peanut Butter Falcon," "Los Frikis"), Christy Hall ("Daddio," "It Ends With Us"), Clint Bentley ("Sing Sing," "Jockey") and Monique Walton ("Sing Sing," "Bull").
