{"id":78400,"date":"2017-01-30T00:06:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T00:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2017\/01\/30\/chapter-verse\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:42:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:42:11","slug":"chapter-verse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/chapter-verse\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter & Verse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chapter & Verse<\/strong>
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Opening in NY on February 3, 2017
\nOpening in LA and Chicago on February 10, 2017
\nStarring: Daniel Beaty, Loretta Devine, Omari Hardwick, Selenis Levya
\nDirected by: Jamal Joseph
\nWritten by: Jamal Joseph and Daniel Beaty<\/p>\n

After serving eight years in prison, reformed gang leader S. Lance Ingram (DANIEL BEATY) re-enters society and struggles to adapt to a changed Harlem. Living under the tough supervision of a parole officer in a halfway house, he is unable to find a job that will let him use the technological skills he gained in prison. Lance is forced to take a job delivering for a food pantry where he befriends Ms. Maddy (LORETTA DEVINE), a strong and spirited grandmother, and assumes responsibility for her 15-year- old grandson Ty, a promising student who is pulled into a dangerous street gang. When gang members decide to punish Ty for disobeying the \u201claw of the streets,\u201d Lance risks sacrificing his \u201csecond chance\u201d at freedom so that Ty can have a \u201cfirst chance\u201d at a better life.<\/p>\n

With Chapter & Verse, director Jamal Joseph, a filmmaker, acclaimed author, film professor, community leader, activist and a Black Panther who spent time in prison as a result of his involvement in the organization, reflects upon what it means to forge your own destiny in an outwardly harsh society.<\/p>\n