Hollywood Bureau Close Up: THE FORGIVEN

NAACP Image Awards® and Academy Award® winner* Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana deliver riveting performances in this tense thriller based on real events. When Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Whitaker) is appointed to head a nationwide investigation, he’s summoned to a maximum-security prison by a notorious murderer seeking clemency (Bana). Inside the brutal prison walls, Tutu is drawn into a dangerous, life-changing battle with the cunning criminal in this captivating film from Roland Joffé. The Forgiven is directed by Roland Joffé and written by Roland Joffé & Michael Ashton.

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(Photo Credit / Trailer: Courtesy of NAACP Hollywood Bureau)