The Interrupters (2011)

Directed by

Steve James

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows three former gang members in Chicago who now work as violence interrupters. They intervene in conflicts on the streets to prevent shootings and murders.

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What happens

The Interrupters is a 2011 documentary film, produced by Kartemquin Films, that tells the story of three violence interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. It examines a year in which Chicago drew national headlines for violence and murder that plagued the city. The film features the work of CeaseFire, an initiative of the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention. In 2004, Tio Hardiman (ex-Director of CeaseFire Illinois) created and implemented The Violence Interrupter concept. Violence interrupters Ameena Matthews, Cobe Williams and Eddie Bocanegra look back on their past experiences with street violence to try to steer young men and women in the right direction. Matthews, the daughter of former Chicago gang leader Jeff Fort, comes to the aid of the mother of Derrion Albert, a Chicago high school student whose death made national headlines when it was captured on videotape. Produced by Kartemquin Films, The Interrupters is directed by Steve James, director of the documentary Hoop Dreams, and co-produced by Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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