{"id":1191,"date":"2017-08-04T13:17:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T17:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2025-01-09T20:11:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T01:11:38","slug":"chapter-verse-is-a-riveting-story-of-redemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/chapter-verse-is-a-riveting-story-of-redemption\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Chapter &#038; Verse\u2019 Is A Riveting Story Of Redemption"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1194\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1194 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/chapternverse.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"550\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/chapternverse.png 850w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/chapternverse-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/chapternverse-768x497.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of &#8216;Chapter &amp; Verse&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Filled with authenticity, <em>Chapter &amp;<\/em>\u00a0<em>Verse<\/em>\u00a0profoundly depicts the predicament of a recently released ex-con (Daniel Beaty) striving to create a new life for himself on the mean, unforgiving streets of Harlem.<\/p>\n<p>Beaty plays the leading role of Lance, freshly released from prison after serving eight years. While incarcerated, Lance developed a useful skill in repairing computers, yet he quickly discovers that the task of finding a job utilizing his abilities is seemingly impossible. Residing in a halfway house, he takes a job at a food pantry delivering meals.<\/p>\n<p>While delivering meals, he becomes acquainted with \u201cMs. Maddy\u201d (Loretta Devine). The two soon develop a close friendship, one that comes to involve her 15-year-old grandson Ty (Khadim Diop), who seems determined to follow in Lance\u2019s footsteps toward a life of crime.<\/p>\n<p>The film accurately explores the contradictions of modern-day Harlem, as Lance encounters young professionals buying million-dollar apartments, all while gunshots continue to haunt the streets.<\/p>\n<p>Though the plot may seem quite common without further inspection,\u00a0<em>Chapter &amp; Verse<\/em>\u00a0director and co-writer Jamal Joseph brings us a rare sense of honesty and sincerity given his own personal experience of being incarcerated for a decade. Furthermore, Joseph avoids glamorizing urban life, a frequent pitfall for many Hollywood depictions, and instead gives spectators a raw, straightforward look into the streets of Harlem.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chapter &amp; Verse<\/em>\u00a0may be playing in your city. Request tickets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tugg.com\/titles\/chapter-and-verse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filled with authenticity, Chapter &amp;\u00a0Verse\u00a0profoundly depicts the predicament of a recently released ex-con (Daniel Beaty) striving to create a new life for himself on the mean, unforgiving streets of Harlem. Beaty plays the leading role of Lance, freshly released from prison after serving eight years. While incarcerated, Lance developed a useful skill in repairing computers, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-1191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}