Steve James’ dense, meticulously-focused documentary, The Interrupters, about urban violence in Chicago and those who’ve chosen to prevent it is an epic chronicle of American gang warfare determined to show the good in every devil and the latent evil in every angel.
Running at almost 3 hours, James refuses to commercialize his subject. The subject is Ceasefire, a Chicago-based group of ex-gangbangers and gang leaders who now work as violence interrupters, walking the streets of Chicago in an attempt to convince gang members to give up the criminal lifestyle and instead make less money and wield less power on the streets.
Tio Hardiman, the director of Ceasefire, is completely aware of the difficulty of such a proposition, as are most of the interrupters. It’s this uncommon amount of honesty that allows James to get up close and personal into a world most are just as easy forgetting about. There’s Lil Mikey Davis,...
Running at almost 3 hours, James refuses to commercialize his subject. The subject is Ceasefire, a Chicago-based group of ex-gangbangers and gang leaders who now work as violence interrupters, walking the streets of Chicago in an attempt to convince gang members to give up the criminal lifestyle and instead make less money and wield less power on the streets.
Tio Hardiman, the director of Ceasefire, is completely aware of the difficulty of such a proposition, as are most of the interrupters. It’s this uncommon amount of honesty that allows James to get up close and personal into a world most are just as easy forgetting about. There’s Lil Mikey Davis,...
- 1/30/2011
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
The popular PBS series History Detectives took the Gold Medal at the 2010 New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards. The Series won the Gold Medal in the History & Society category. History Detectives' producers, Lion Television and Oregon Public Broadcasting (Opb), were honored to see their effort ranked among the "World's Best Work." "This is a terrific honor, and much deserved for our terrific production team," says Dave Davis, Opb's Vice President for National Production. "We are grateful for the award and to PBS who support a show that tells compelling stories about Us history to such a wide and popular audience," agreed Lion TV Executive Producer Chris Bryson. The New York Festivals awarded...
- 5/4/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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