The Interrupters NEW Official Trailer

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Directed by Steve James. Produced by Alex Kotlowitz and Steve James.

Every City Needs Its Heroes.

An epic tale of courage and hope, The Interrupters is a new film from Chicago-based director/producer Steve James (Oscar-nominated for Hoop Dreams) and award-winning author-turned-producer Alex Kotlowitz (There Are No Children Here), whose original article inspired the film.

Filmed out of Chicago's Kartemquin Films, The Interrupters follows a year in the life of the city as it grapples with the plague of urban violence. At the heart of the story are Ameena Matthews, Cobe Williams and Eddie Bocanegra, each of whom has credibility on the street because of their own personal histories. With gumption, wisdom and wit, they work to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they themselves once employed. These "Violence Interrupters" (their job title) -- work for CeaseFire, a local organization whose guiding principle is that the spread of violence mimics the spread of infectious diseases, and so respond with similar treatment: go after the most infected, and stop the infection at its source.

See it this summer and fall: www.theinterrupters.com
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Directed and Photographed by Steve James
Produced by Alex Kotlowitz and Steve James

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[936Dancer]

To all those who vilify people and their efforts to promote peace and nonviolence: you are nothing to us and your comments are worthless! And the best stance the rest of us peace-loving folks can take is to completely disregard any and ALL negative posts here... give them no energy at all. And their words will die in the wind.

[thersten]

violence spurs more violence. wake up.

[Kevin Hackett]

so you think if they took guns away that the violence would stop?

[Zidar Craft]

They need Robocop!

[Michael Galla]

wake up sheeple

[borgeision]

This seems to me the typical "told from the other side" propaganda. I´m from Spain. An adult, fairly well educated, and this seems to me like american propaganda. Comments are welcome to debate.

[se ce]

"guns don't kill, people do"-every stupid American. The statistics don't lie. 

[Diamond Schaeffer]

Seen at school

[nishab53095]

Seen this at school

[htowntrackstar]

Literally saw this trailer about 2.5 hours ago then decided to watch the documentary; it was definitely worth seeing. For those making ignorant comments about "blah blah blah and such and such", stop and just watch the documentary.

[thisdiff]

Gun control, gun control, gun control. Oh wait, Americans need their arms in case of British invasion... But until then, lets kill each other. Stupid country.