The Interrupters - Doc. Violence in Chicago

TinManThaBoyBoy · Nov 11, 2012

Video: The Interrupters | Watch FRONTLINE Online | PBS Video

Great documentary about stopping the violence in my city.

The Interrupters is a 2011 documentary film, produced by Kartemquin Films, that tells the story of three violence interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. It examines a year in which Chicago drew national headlines for violence and murder that plagued the city.
The film features the work of CeaseFire, an initiative of the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention. In 2004, Tio Hardiman (Director of CeaseFire Illinois) created and implemented The Violence Interrupter concept. Violence interrupters Ameena Matthews, Cobe Williams and Eddie Bocanegra look back on their past experiences with street violence to try and steer young men and women in the right direction.[1] Matthews, the daughter of former Chicago gang leader Jeff Fort, comes to the aid of the mother of Derrion Albert, a Chicago high school student whose death made national headlines when it was captured on videotape.
Produced by Kartemquin Films, The Interrupters is directed by Steve James, director of the highly acclaimed documentary, Hoop Dreams[2], and co-produced by Alex Kotlowitz, author of the award winning book, There Are No Children Here.[3]

Strategic and poetic cinematography add depth to the film and the violence that it documents. A noteworthy segment is at the beginning of the film: There is a shot of a run-down light blue car with bullet holes on its side. A thirteen year old boy had died in the car, after being shot twenty two times. Stuffed animals, neatly arranged, peer out from the car, protecting the space where the boy died. Sweet notes scribbled on notebook paper are taped to the car's windows, testaments from the young community affected by the homicide.

The documentary takes place on Chicago's South Side in a myriad of troubled communities. One of the main communities featured is Englewood. Englewood lies approximately 12 miles south of the Loop and began as a home to German and Irish farm and railroad workers. However, after World War II, Englewood and the South Side of Chicago as a whole became known as the "Black Belt." This is in reference to the predominately African American population moving to this area. As of the year 2000, 0.6% of Englewood residents are White, while 98.2% are Black or African American. Only 5.2% of Englewood residents over the age of twenty-five have obtained a bachelor degree or higher. The unemployment rate of Englewood residents over the age of sixteen is 25.8%. With unemployment so high, troubled residents turn to gang involvement and drug trafficking as means to make money. The crime statistics for February 24th, 2012 detail thirty-three documented crimes in a span of twenty-four hours. One third of those crimes were narcotic offenses. Most of the drug activity can be traced back to two notorious gangs that run the area: The Gangster Disciples and the Black P Stones. The Interrupter's Ameena Matthews has ties to the Black P Stone as her father, Jeff Fort was the founder and leader.
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Thought id share for anyone interested in watching..

TinManThaBoyBoy · Nov 11, 2012

Bump for those interested and didnt see it.. This is what i get for postin shit at 6am

EddieTheHead · Nov 12, 2012

Thanks for posting. PBS has some good docs sometimes, I'll have to check this out.

TinManThaBoyBoy · Nov 12, 2012

Its good.. Let me kno what you think

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