Cellmates (2012)
Leroy Lowe, grand dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan confronts everything he's been taught to hate when he's sentenced to three years of hard labor on a prison work farm, where Warden Merville, dead set on rehabilitating Leroy, chooses Emilio, a Hispanic field worker imprisoned for fighting for labor rights, to be his cell-mate. Leroy, confined in a small cell with the enemy, far from the KKK comrades who deserted him, finds the chatty Emilio slowly chipping away at his anger and prejudice. His weekly rehabilitation meetings with the warden, barely tolerable as the man drones on about farm labor and field crops, take on a different meaning when Madalena, a beautiful Mexican maid is hired to clean the warden's office. An unconventional love story develops that opens Leroy's eyes to the possibility of a different life. And a man who was a born and bred racist finds himself heading down a completely different path to salvation.
Cast
- Tom Sizemore - Leroy Lowe
- Stacy Keach - Warden Merville
- Kevin Farley - Bubba
- Héctor Jiménez - Emilio
- Olga Segura - Madalena
- Bob Rickard - Judge
- Rock Williams - Prison Guard
- Tom Gulager - Prison Guard
- Kaj Sturdivant - Prison Guard
Screenplay
Keywords
texas, cell
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Cellmates about?
- Leroy Lowe, grand dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan confronts everything he's been taught to hate when he's sentenced to three years of hard labor on a prison work farm, where Warden Merville, dead set on rehabilitating Leroy, chooses Emilio, a Hispanic field worker imprisoned for fighting for labor rights, to be his cell-mate. Leroy, confined in a small cell with the enemy, far from the KKK comrades who deserted him, finds the chatty Emilio slowly chipping away at his anger and prejudice. His weekly rehabilitation meetings with the warden, barely tolerable as the man drones on about farm labor and field crops, take on a different meaning when Madalena, a beautiful Mexican maid is hired to clean the warden's office. An unconventional love story develops that opens Leroy's eyes to the possibility of a different life. And a man who was a born and bred racist finds himself heading down a completely different path to salvation.
- Who directed Cellmates?
- Cellmates was directed by Jesse Baget.
- Who stars in Cellmates?
- Cellmates stars Tom Sizemore, Stacy Keach, Kevin Farley, Héctor Jiménez, Olga Segura, Bob Rickard.
- How long is Cellmates?
- Cellmates has a runtime of 1h 25m (85 minutes).
- What genre is Cellmates?
- Cellmates is a Comedy, Drama film.