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Synopsis: 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, and stop the infection at its source. The singular mission of the "Viole
Director(s): Steve James
Production: Cinema Guild
  10 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
86
Rotten Tomatoes:
99%
UNRATED
Year:
2011
125 min
$282,448
Website
190 Views


How you feel, man?

I'm all right.

But sh*t, you look like

you doing great.

Trying to do stuff positive

and seeing how it working.

And I ain't been to jail, and I

ain't been arguing and fighting.

I ain't been having

to shoot nobody.

Man, I'm just

so happy for you.

I promise you,

I'm so happy for you, man.

I hope you do feel good

about yourself.

Because to keep it real

with you, man,

I had like three,

four people lined up.

And I was really plotting

on how to get them.

But you was just in my ear,

you know what I'm saying?

You constantly in my ear.

You bugging me for a minute,

you know what I'm saying?

Like a bug?

You know how that be,

like I'm sleeping,

the fly keep landing on you,

you know what I'm saying?

You's bugging me 'til

eventually I had to get up

and attend to that fly.

Flamo!

I'm gonna get up with you.

# If I fall short #

# If I don't make the grade #

# If your expectations

aren't met in me today... #

# There's always tomorrow #

# Or tomorrow night #

# Hang in there, baby #

# Sooner or later,

I know I'll get it right #

# Please don't give up on me #

# Oh, please don't give up

on me #

# I know it's late #

# Late in the game #

# But my feelin's,

my true feelin's #

# Haven't changed #

# Here in my heart #

# I know, I know

I was wrong, wrong, wrong #

# I'd like to make amends #

# For the love that I never,

ever, ever, ever shown #

# Just don't give up on me #

# Every word is true #

# I'll give you my everything,

all of my love #

# All of my love, all of my

love, love, love to you #

# Just don't give up on me #

# Oh, please, please #

# Please,

don't give up on me... #

# I... I don't want you to #

# I know it's late, but wait #

# Please, please, please,

please... #

# Don't give up on me #

# Promise #

# Will you promise me? #

# Will you

promise me? #

# Please don't give up on me #

# We can make it if we try #

# I'm gonna hold on,

hold on with me #

# And don't give up on me... #

# Oh, oh, uh, huh, huh #

# Baby, oh baby, oh baby #

# Please #

# Don't give up on me #

# Whatever you do, we gonna make

it, we'll make it through #

# Don't you give up on me #

# Please, please, please #

# Promise me #

# Don't give up on me. #

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Alex Kotlowitz

Alex Kotlowitz is an American journalist, author, and filmmaker. His 1992 book There Are No Children Here received the Christopher Award and Helen Bernstein Award. He is a two-time recipient of both the Peabody Award and the Dupont Award for journalism. He co-produced the 2011 documentary The Interrupters, based on his New York Times Magazine article, which received an Independent Spirit Award and Emmy Award. more…

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