{"id":4745,"date":"2018-12-16T17:12:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T22:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=4745"},"modified":"2018-12-16T17:12:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T22:12:50","slug":"hbo-films-o-g-debuts-debuts-february-23-documentary-its-a-hard-truth-aint-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/16\/hbo-films-o-g-debuts-debuts-february-23-documentary-its-a-hard-truth-aint-it\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Films&#8217; &#8220;O.G.&#8221; Debuts Debuts February 23; Documentary &#8220;It&#8217;s a Hard Truth Ain&#8217;t It&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4746\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/its-a-hard-truth-aint-it.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/its-a-hard-truth-aint-it.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/its-a-hard-truth-aint-it-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/its-a-hard-truth-aint-it-560x307.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/its-a-hard-truth-aint-it-260x143.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/its-a-hard-truth-aint-it-160x88.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The HBO Documentary Films presentation IT&#8217;S A HARD TRUTH AIN&#8217;T IT, filmed during the production of O.G., will be available for streaming SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 starting at 11:45PM. (ET), following the debut of O.G. earlier that evening, and debut MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 at 10:00PM (ET\/PT) on the main HBO channel.<\/p>\n<p>Filmed in Indiana&#8217;s Pendleton Correctional Facility, an active maximum-security prison, O.G. follows Louis (Jeffrey Wright), once the head of a prominent prison gang, in the final weeks of his 24-year sentence. His impending release is upended when he takes new arrival Beecher (Theothus Carter), who is being courted by gang leadership, under his wing. Coming to grips with the indelibility of his crime and the challenge of reentering society, Louis finds his freedom hanging in the balance as he struggles to save Beecher. 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