Chapter & Verse

Name: Chapter & Verse
Genre: Drama
Released: February 3, 2017
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 70

2017

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Paladin | Release Date: February 3, 2017 | Not Rated

Summary: After serving eight years in prison, reformed gang leader S. Lance Ingram (Daniel Beaty) re-enters society and struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. Living under the tough supervision of a parole officer in a halfway house, he is unable to find a job that will let him use the technological skills he gained in prison. Lance is forced toAfter serving eight years in prison, reformed gang leader S. Lance Ingram (Daniel Beaty) re-enters society and struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. Living under the tough supervision of a parole officer in a halfway house, he is unable to find a job that will let him use the technological skills he gained in prison. Lance is forced to take a job delivering for a food pantry where he befriends Ms. Maddy (Loretta Devine), a strong and spirited grandmother, and assumes responsibility for her 15-year-old grandson Ty, a promising student who is pulled into a dangerous street gang. When gang members decide to punish Ty for disobeying the “law of the streets,” Lance risks sacrificing his “second chance” at freedom so that Ty can have a “first chance” at a better life.… Expand

Director: Jamal Joseph

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Feb 9, 2017

Filmmaker and Columbia professor Joseph, and playwright Beaty, in his feature writing and acting debut, infuse the movie with an intense New York City realism and an evocative street poetry that conjure up early John Cassavetes and Spike Lee. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Feb 2, 2017

The movie’s wide-screen framing, ruthless plot reversals and say-what-you-mean writing sometimes recall a master of socially conscious cinema from another era, Sam Fuller. But this is a picture with its own strong voice. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Feb 5, 2017

The film handles its admittedly familiar themes in uncommonly sensitive fashion. Read full review

Nick Schager

Feb 10, 2017

Despite its familiarity, Chapter & Verse manages to make its material both fresh and authentic. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Feb 2, 2017

The conventions of the “fresh out of prison” drama are long-established. But they’re recycled, to good effect, in Chapter & Verse, a well-acted genre picture that suffers only from a chronic inability to surprise. Read full review

Craig D. Lindsey

Feb 7, 2017

The story, scripted by Beaty and poet/author-turned-filmmaker Jamal Joseph (who himself did five-and-a-half years in Leavenworth) dips into sloppy, melodramatic heavy-handedness, sullying the occasional spurts of fresh perspective. Read full review

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