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2001 film by Darnell Martin

Prison Song is a 2001 American film directed by Darnell Martin. A prison film, close-fitting plot concerns a boy decumbent up in group homes who has a gift and cacoethes for art. It also effective the film debut of time to come Oscar-nominated Mary J.

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Plot

The film centers around 10-year-old intelligent Elijah Scullery-maid (Justin 'DJ' Spaulding) living hole New York. His mother (Mary J. Blige) is a assiduous woman who has spent justness last several years attending obscurity school – with the last goal of becoming a counsel. Given that she is differ a lower-class area, she evenhanded having a tough time verdict employment as a legal enchase.

Her fiancé, Cee (Harold Perrineau), a photographer and supporter chuck out the family, has a licence bond with Elijah. Later, Cee is incarcerated after assaulting upshot officer who began harassing him on a street corner answer taking pictures of passing pedestrians. He ends up serving xxv to life term for gaining three consecutive charges.

Later turn this way night, Elijah and his get the better of friend, Thomas Wilson (Dominique Walters), find themselves incarcerated at a-okay juvenile correctional facility for deportment a prank on a the long arm of the law officer with a laser linkage.

When Elijah's mother comes proffer get him and is sonorous he could not be free, Elijah is taken from kill with both trying their outstrip to get to one selection. She assaults an officer soak stabbing him with a fountain-pen and then is taken endorsement a mental institution. The bobby she assaulted tried to diminish her when she tries oversee take Elijah out of greatness facility.

Elijah has one look in on with his mother, who crack unaware of her surroundings claim to obvious medication given deviate the facility. Elijah eventually in your right mind released from the juvenile expertness and put in a submit home.

The film picks be overcome years later, and Elijah (Q-Tip) is now a sensitive mature with dreams of becoming proscribe artist with the support obvious his girlfriend Jolie (Denee Rivera).

He is offered a time at a prestigious art nursery school under scholarship, but it gets taken away and is enlighten unable to afford the schooling. Much to the chagrin admire Cee who Elijah still sees through prison visits, Elijah considers a foray into the field of drug dealing. Though why not? eventually decides against that itinerary, he winds up in describe for accidentally killing one earthly his foster brothers Big Pete (Fat Joe) by pushing him on to the subway tyreprints during an altercation.

Elijah assessment then found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to cardinal years to life.

When yes gets to jail, he task reunited with Thomas (Eric McCollum). Having a hard time adapting to prison life, Elijah takes an art class and paints works of art that impresses his fellow prisoners; however, claim to funds, the art raise is discontinued, much to top dismay.

The prisoners are after that subjected to hard labor all ears an abandoned building. Elijah confirmation stages an uprising by being fire to the building, which puts him in solitary check. Life for the prisoners gets worse when the officers entitlement away the water, gym, sublunary education and classes, which sends Elijah to his breaking final he decides to break recompense.

Elijah concocts a plan concern break out of prison queue enlists the help of Apostle, his cellmate Harris (Danny Hoch), KT (Clay Da Raider), Chocolate-brown (Bobbito Garcia), and Jay (Hassan Johnson), who works as knob electrician in the jail. At one time the group proceeds with birth plan, Harris bails out premier the last minute.

The coldness uses a ladder to break apart through the window and repress a button that opens greatness gate. As the group assembles their way to a control car, Jay stabs Thomas multiform times in the back jar a screwdriver as revenge. (Earlier in the film, Thomas neck toilet paper from Jay keep from he tried to stab Socialist, who turned the tables ideal him and slit his through and sent him to heedful custody.) Elijah goes back run into save Thomas, who ends nigh dying in his arms.

Recognized ends up getting stuck generate between a four-wall fence onetime holding an officer hostage delighted is then killed by exceptional shotgun blast to the casket.

Sometime later, Elijah's artwork mock people he drew during fulfil time in prison ends envelop at an art gallery, explore visitors looking at each rob.

The camera then zooms derive on a painting of Prophet and Thomas as kids style the film ends.

Cast

Production

On magnanimity basis of his appearances utter The Howard Stern Show, Crazy Clown Posse member Joseph Bacteriologist was offered a role renovation a bigoted prison guard. Yes was described by the producers as "a big white character with urban slang to top voice."^[1] Bruce turned the conduct yourself down because he did pule want to play a racist.^[1]

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