Ameena Matthews in a scene from The Interrupters (Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz, 2011)
Tonight from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. CDT on 98.7WFMT Radio Chicago and via free streaming anywhere in the world at wfmt.com, I talk with Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Kartemquin Films), Alex Kotlowitz (There Are No Children Here), and Cobe Williams (the CeaseFire project) about their new and already acclaimed documentary, The Interrupters.
Made in Chicago, the film looks at the efforts of a remarkable group of those formerly in trouble with the law to work to bring the cycle of violence in the inner city to a halt. The Interrupters starts a two-week run of 26 screenings this Friday August 12 downtown at the Gene Siskel Film Center of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The filmmakers and those whose stories were filmed will be present at a number of the screenings. Details at the Film Center link. Some screenings are already sold out! At least one Chicago commercial run, on the city's South Side, begins August 26
The program will then be posted at wfmt.com/criticalthinking for free podcast, download, streaming indefinitely.
See you on the radio!
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