Monday Night Film Series presents CLEMENCY-FR

Event Details:

The Monday Night Film Series presents CLEMENCY on Monday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Tilley 102, UNB Fredericton.

Under the skilled guidance of writer-director Chinonye Chukwu, Alfre Woodard (Mississippi Grind, 12 Years a Slave) provides a layered, nuanced portrait of a beleaguered prison warden - a performance that was a key part of why the film won a Grand Jury Prize at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

Warden Bernadine Williams (Woodard) is a professional. She arrives at work every day to watch over death-row prisoners until they face execution or receive a rare, last-minute clemency. She takes her job seriously, doing her best to offer dignity to the men left isolated in her prison to contemplate what they did - or didn’t do. Even when a lethal injection procedure goes wrong and throws the inmate’s family into grief-stricken chaos, Bernadine never loses her cool. But when she goes home at night, she feels it.

Her husband Jonathan, played by Wendell Pierce, is a schoolteacher still deeply in love with a wife who is growing harder and more distant. Anthony Woods is the next prisoner in line, and a complex man to reach. As his lawyer fights to prove Woods’ innocence before time runs out, Bernadine struggles to maintain the neutral calm that defines her job but threatens to destroy her marriage.

This term, 15 limited release, independent foreign & Canadian films will be shown. Admission is $8/film, but a half-yearly $12 student film society membership reduces admission cost to $5/film. The series is open to all. Memberships are available at Tilley 102 every Monday night.

For further info, contact NB Film Co-op at 455-1632, info@nbfilmcoop.com or http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/exhibition/monday-night-film-series. 

The NB Film Co-op in partnership with the UNB Faculty of Arts and the Toronto Film Festival presents the series.

Building: Tilley Hall

Room Number: 102