Filmland to Host Southern Storytellers Panel and Recognize Colman Domingo with Award

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Colman Domingo attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
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Filmland Film Festival is returning to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts from Aug. 14 through 18, hosted by the Arkansas Cinema Society . Colman Domingo with be honored with the inaugural Southern Storytellers award at the festival.

Domingo is being recognized for his compelling performance in A24’s “Sing Sing,” where he portrays Divine G, a wrongfully imprisoned man who discovers purpose and expression through participation in a theatre program with fellow inmates. The actor, who also served as executive producer on the film, will join co-writer and producer Bentley, producer Walton and moderator Nichols in a discussion following the screening.

Variety ‘s chief film critic Peter Debruge will host the Southern Storytellers panel, presented by Variety , featuring speakers Domingo (“Sing Sing,” “Rustin”), Jeff Nichols (“The Bikeriders”), Craig Brewer (“Hustle & Flow,” “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist”), Kyle Hausmann-Stokes (“My Dead Friend Zoe”), Michael Schwartz (“The Peanut Butter Falcon,” “Los Frikis”), Christy Hall (“Daddio,” “It Ends With Us”), Clint Bentley (“Sing Sing,” “Jockey”) and Monique Walton (“Sing Sing,” “Bull”).

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Additionally, Hart Denton, an actor and executive producer, will present his film, “The Duel,” during a special spotlight event on Aug. 14. Denton, a Little Rock native, will participate in a question-and-answer session following a screening of the film alongside Sprouse.

Attendees will also get an exclusive early look at Peacock’s “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist,” which will include a question-and-answer session afterward with director and executive producer Brewer.

Other films screened at the festival will include “My Dead Friend Zoe,” “Los Frikis,” “Daddio” and “The Peanut Butter Falcon.” A comprehensive schedule for Filmland can be found on the organization’s website .

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