Chapter & Verse (film)

Last updated

Chapter & Verse
Chapter and verse.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Jamal Joseph
Written byJamal Joseph
Daniel Beaty
Produced byCheryl Hill
Jonathan Sanger
StarringDaniel Beaty
Omari Hardwick
Loretta Devine
Selenis Leyva
CinematographyJohn Wakayama Carey
Edited byJoel Davenport
Music byCharles Mack
Production
companies
The Bubble Factory
Harlem Film Company
Distributed byPaladin
Release date
Running time
97 minutes [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Chapter & Verse is a 2016 American drama film directed by Jamal Joseph and starring Daniel Beaty, Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine and Selenis Leyva. [2] Antoine Fuqua served as an executive producer of the film. [3]

Contents

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the Hartford Public Library on June 11, 2016. [1] It was then released in theaters in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta in February 2017. [4]

Reception

The film has an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [5]

Nick Schager of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote: "...despite its familiarity, Chapter & Verse manages to make its material both fresh and authentic." [3]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a positive review and wrote: "Resonating with an authenticity borne of the experiences of its director/co-screenwriter Jamal Joseph, Chapter & Verse movingly portrays the plight of a recently released ex-con striving to make a new life for himself on the mean streets of Harlem." [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Dunne, Susan (June 7, 2016). "Ex Black Panther Jamal Joseph Brings Film 'Chapter & Verse' To Hartford Library". Hartford Courant . Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Scheck, Frank (February 3, 2017). "'Chapter & Verse': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Schager, Nick (February 10, 2017). "Film Review: 'Chapter & Verse'". Variety . Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  4. ↑ Harris, Aisha (February 10, 2017). "Filmmaker and Former Black Panther Jamal Joseph". Slate . Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Chapter & Verse". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved November 21, 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.