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Original title: The Interrupters
Year: 2011
Running time: 125 min.
Country: United States
Director: Steve James
Cast: Documentary
Cinematography: Steve James
Producer: Kartemquin Films, Rise Films
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. From acclaimed director Steve James and bestselling author Alex Kotlowitz, this film is an unusually intimate journey into the stubborn, persistence of violence in our cities. Shot over the course of a year out of Kartemquin Films, The Interrupters captures a period in Chicago when it became a national symbol for the violence in our cities. During that period, the city was besieged by high-profile incidents, most notably the brutal beating of Derrion Albert, a Chicago High School student, whose death was caught on videotape. The film's main subjects work for an innovative organization, CeaseFire, which believes that the spread of violence mimics the spread of infectious diseases, and so the treatment should be similar: go after the most infected...

Awards: 2011: Independent Spirit Awards: Best Documentary Feature

2011: Gotham Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary

2011: Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary Feature

2011: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Best Documentary

2011: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director / Documentary

2011: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Documentary.

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The Interrupters

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