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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, the documentary follows these individuals as they attempt to intervene in disputes
… More »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, the documentary follows these individuals as they attempt to intervene in disputes before they turn violent: a family where two brothers threaten to shoot each other; an angry teenaged girl just home from prison; a young man on a warpath of revenge. The Interrupters is an intimate journey into the stubborn, persistence of violence in American cities, and captures not only each interrupters’ work, but reveals their own inspired journeys from crime to hope and redemption.
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Add a CommentA very interesting movie about how former criminals can change and actually help society. I wish this was always the case.
A++ All the way….A must have Book in all Libraries - worth the long library wait and WORTH the cost of owing! I would recommend this movie for all to see.
Very well done movie I would recommend this movie for all to see. No fast forwarding on this one. A++ DVD
An excellent look at people from a background that is so close geographically but so far in every other way.
The best movie I saw last year, The Interrupters is a compelling documentary about Ceasefire, an organization founded in Chicago that seeks to stop the "transmission" of violence. Among the interrupters is Ameena Matthews, the daughter of an imprisoned, former gang leader, whose courage and devotion to the people of Englewood, particularly its young people, is inspiring. While you're waiting for the DVD, check out the book There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz, one of the film's producers. Also set in Chicago, the book chronicles the experiences of two brothers growing up in poverty and amidst violence in the now demolished Henry Horner Homes. LauraADPPL/WeAreSpartacus