Colman Domingo Wins Outstanding Lead Performance Prize at Gotham Awards for “Sing Sing”

Colman Domingo has extra reason to sing (sing)

The 2024 Gotham Awards were doled out on Monday night at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, with the 55-year-old Emmy-winning Belizean-Guatemalan American actor and activist taking home one of the top prizes.

Colman DomingoDomingo won the award for Outstanding Lead Performance for his critically acclaimed performance as John “Divine G” Whitfield in A24’s Sing Sing.

Directed by Greg Kwedar, who co-wrote the screenplay and co-produced the film with Clint Bentley, Sing Sing is based on the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts program at Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison. It centers on a group of incarcerated men involved in the creation of theatrical stage shows through the program

Each category for nominations is decided by a different jury of critics, journalists and other industry professionals, and screening links must be provided to all its jury members. An entirely different group determines the winners. That’s in contrast with the Oscars or the BAFTAs, which are determined by actors, filmmakers and other artists who are in the entertainment industry. 

Here’s the complete list of winners:

Best Feature:  ““A Different Man” (A24)
Outstanding Lead Performance: Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing” (A24)
Outstanding Supporting Performance: Clarence Maclin, “Sing Sing” (A24)
Best Director: RaMell Ross, “Nickel Boys” (Amazon MGM Studios)
Best International Feature: “All We Imagine as Light” (Sideshow and Janus Films)
Best Documentary Feature: “No Other Land” (Antipode Films)
Best Screenplay: “His Three Daughters” (Netflix) — Azazel Jacobs
Breakthrough Director: Vera Drew, “The People’s Joker” (Altered Innocence)
Breakthrough Performer: Brandon Wilson, “Nickel Boys” (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)

Sony Pictures Releases Clifton Collins Jr.’s “Jockey” in Three U.S. Theaters Ahead of Wider Release

Clifton Collins Jr. is jockeying into position…

Sony Pictures Entertainment has released Jockey, starring the 51-year-old Mexican American actor, in three theaters in New York and Los Angeles (Film Forum, AMC Lincoln Square, Laemmle Royal).

Clifton Collins Jr., Jockey, The release gets the film on the board for a January rollout ahead of the upcoming Oscar nominations.

SPC acquired Jockey out of the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury award for star Collins Jr., who portrays an aging rider trying to win one last championship race.

Clifton Collins Jr., Jockey,Collins plays Jackson Silvan, who hopes to win one last title for his longtime trainer (Molly Parker), who has acquired what appears to be a championship horse. But years and injuries have taken a toll. The arrival of a young rookie rider (Moises Arias), who claims to be his son and whom he takes under his wing, further complicates the path to fulfilling his dream.

Written by Bentley and Greg Kwedar (who previously teamed with Collins on the 2016 award-winning film Transpecos), the film also stars Logan Cormier and Colleen Hartnett. Bentley’s father was a professional jockey and much of the cast is also comprised of real-life jockeys.

The directorial debut of Clint Bentley will expand nationwide in January following its exclusive debut.

The Oscar hopeful (87% Rotten Tomatoes’ Critics’ score) was one of Deadline critic Todd McCarthy’s top ten picks of the year.