HBO is going down the documentary lane with a new narrative feature titled O.G., starring Jeffrey Wright.
The film, helmed by Emmy-winner Madeleine Sackler, made its debut at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. The film was penned by Stephen Belber and filmed on location at Indiana’s maximum-security Pendleton Correctional Facility. Wright played Louis, the former head of a prison gang in the final weeks of his 24-year sentence. O.G. also stars Theothus Carter and William Fichtner.
Wright won the award for best actor in a US narrative feature film at the festival.
“We are proud to bring filmmaker Madeleine Sackler’s film to HBO audiences,” said Len Amato, president, HBO Films. “Groundbreaking in being filmed at an actual prison, with many of the men incarcerated there cast in acting roles, O.G. takes an intimate and unflinching look at the journey of one man – masterfully portrayed by Jeffrey Wright – at the precipice of freedom.”
“Over the past four years, I had the unique opportunity to collaborate with men incarcerated at Pendleton Correctional Facility and the staff at the Indiana Department of Correction,” Sackler added “Our shared goal was to make a film that would give audiences an authentic glimpse at life inside a maximum security prison. We are thrilled to be partnering with HBO to bring O.G. into the world.”
