Trailer for the documentary The Interrupters.

The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three “violence interrupters” – two men and a woman – who with bravado, humility and even humor 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, The Interrupters 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 teenage girl just home from prison; a young man on a warpath of a revenge. The film captures not only each interrupters’ work, but reveals their own inspired journeys from crime to hope and redemption.

Duration

4 min 25 sec



Views

27,469



Posted On

January 11, 2011 Director

Steve James



Writer

Unknown or Not Available



Studio

Independent



Release

January 21, 2011 Cast

Unknown or Not Available Trailer Tracks

No Music Available Sundance Film Festival

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