Black History Month - Film 'The Interrupters' Event
- Time:
- 18:00 - 20:30
- Date:
- 28 October 2012
- Venue:
- Lecture Theatre A, Nuffield Building 6
For more information regarding this event, please email Martin Ruddock at m.w.ruddock@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
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. The film shows a year in the life of a city grappling with urban violence.
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.
Country:USA
Language:English
Release Date:12 August 2011 (UK)
Speaker information
Martin Ruddock,The film will be followed by an open discussion about the issues raised.