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City:
Moscow
Cinemas:
35mm
Dates:
6–10 September 2012
Partners:
USA Embassy
CoolConnections
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The Interrupters
Country: USA
Year: 2011
Director: Steve James
Genre: documentary
Language: English
Translation: russian subtitles
Time: 2 hours 5 minutes
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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 and festivals:
Independent Spirit Award - Best Documentary
Chicago Film Critics' Association Award - Best Documentary
Sundance Film Festival - participation
Full Frame Festival - Special Jury Prize
Gotham award - nominated for Best Documentary
Miami International Film Festival - Documentary Competition Grand Prix
Minneapolis-Saint-Paul International Film Festival - Best Documentary
CineFest Festival - Audience Award
Little-Roeck International Film Festival - Audience Award
National Society of Film Critics' Award - 2nd Best Non-fiction Film
FAAAF Award - nominated for Best Documentary
Dallas - Fort Worth Film Critics' Association Award - 3d Best Documentary
Directors; Guild of America Award - nominated for Best Documentary Director
Schedule:
10 September, Monday