Conviction (2002)

Directed by

Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Genre

drama film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

4.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man with a criminal past educates himself in prison and has a spiritual awakening. He then works to broker peace between violent street gangs.

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What happens

Conviction is a 2002 American biographical drama television film about Carl Upchurch, a felon who managed to educate himself and developed a spiritual awakening during one of his numerous stints inside prison. He began to spread his message to other inmates, and soon he was asked to help mediate problems between some of the most feared street gangs in the country. It was directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan and written by Upchurch and Jon Huffman, based on Upchurch's 1996 autobiography Convicted in the Womb. Omar Epps stars as Upchurch, with Dana Delany, Bentley Mitchum, and Charles S. Dutton co-starring. The film aired on Showtime on September 29, 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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