Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The interrupters [videorecording] / Kartemquin Films presents ; for WGBH/Frontline, The Independent Television Services (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.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, VA] : PBS Home Video, [2012]

Description:

1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

The moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters who, with bravado, humility, and even humor, try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. Shot over the course of a year, this documentary captures a period in Chicago when it became a national symbol for the violence in America's cities.

Subjects:

Matthews, Ameena.

Williams, Cobe.

Bocanegra, Eddie.

CeaseFire (Organization : Chicago, Ill.)

Violence -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Prevention.

Conflict management -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Community organization -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Gang prevention -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago.

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.