From a maximum-security prison to a film set, the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program alum hopes to do more films that heal.
At 58, Clarence Maclin might be new to the big screen, but the formerly incarcerated stage performer turned movie actor has spent decades honing his chops. In director Greg Kwedar’s film “Sing Sing,” which Maclin co-wrote, he plays a character based on himself — which is not to say he plays himself, exactly.
“We had to get the Shakespearean concordance to figure out what he's saying. Because the way I learn, I can't go past a sentence or phrase that I don't understand. That concordance was like a bible for me.” Maclin was released from Sing Sing in 2012. When Kwedar first approached him about the “Sing Sing” film, the actor was working at Lincoln Hall Boys’ Haven, a facility for at-risk youth.
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