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Frontline: The Interrupters
Frontline: The Interrupters
Tue, 02/10/2015 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Follow a group of former gang leaders trying to “interrupt” shootings and protect their communities from the violence they once committed.
During one weekend in Chicago in 2008, 37 people were shot, seven of them fatally. The Interrupters, a Frontline presentation airing Tuesday, February 10 at 6 p.m. on WXXI-TV, follows a group of older former gang leaders trying to “interrupt” shootings and protect their communities from the violence they once committed. The film follows the inner workings of CeaseFire, an innovative program in Chicago designed to prevent shootings, including weekly meetings where the interrupters report on the simmering disputes and the senseless shootings in their neighborhoods. From director Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie), "The Interrupters" is a compelling observational journey into the stubborn, persistent violence that plagues our American cities.
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