Returning to his Harlem hometown, an ex-con tries to make a fresh start, and help new friends, in Jamal Joseph’s assured low-key indie. Stories about ex-cons attempting to reform their lives – and ...

James Baldwin’s bracingly relevant writings, which inspired the potent “I Am Not Your Negro,” also resonate deeply in “Chapter & Verse,” Jamal Joseph’s tough/tender portrait of an ex-con attempting to ...