The interrupters : every city needs its heroes [videorecording - DVD] / Kartemquin Films presents ; for WGBH/Frontline, The Independent Television Service (ITVS) and BBC Storyville ; in association with Rise Films ; a film by Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz ; directed and photographed by Steve James ; produced by Alex Kotlowitz and Steve James Jasper Johns art lives

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher: New York, : Dogwoof, ©2011Description: 1 DVD (125 mins) : sound, color ; 4¾ inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
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  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Directed and produced by Steve James; produced by Alex Kotlowitz
Ameena Matthews, Cobe Williams, Eddie BocanegraSummary: The Interrupters tells stories of three violence interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. The film's main subjects work for an innovative organization, CeaseFire. Founded by an epidemiologist who believes that the spread of violence mimics the spread of infectious diseases, and so the treatment should be similar: go after the most infected, and stop the infection at its source. One of the cornerstones of the organization is the violence interrupters program. The Interrupters--who have credibility on the streets because of their own personal histories--intervene in conflicts before they explode into violence
List(s) this item appears in: Wellpark Film & Documentary
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Directed and produced by Steve James; produced by Alex Kotlowitz

Ameena Matthews, Cobe Williams, Eddie Bocanegra

The Interrupters tells stories of three violence interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. The film's main subjects work for an innovative organization, CeaseFire. Founded by an epidemiologist who believes that the spread of violence mimics the spread of infectious diseases, and so the treatment should be similar: go after the most infected, and stop the infection at its source. One of the cornerstones of the organization is the violence interrupters program. The Interrupters--who have credibility on the streets because of their own personal histories--intervene in conflicts before they explode into violence

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