This is a moving and challenging, if rather long, documentary that follows the progress of the interrupters over the course of a year. However, it does not feel too long and the 125min passes surprisingly quickly.
The disturbing gang violence and cycle of revenge in Chicago is sensitively rendered; there is no gratuitous detail.
The interrupters are trying to intervene, to interrupt the cycle of shootings.
But there is hope. Hope in that the interrupters are themselves former gang members who are now working to reduce the violence; and hope in that they build relationships with others, and in their perseverance not only is the cycle of violence interrupted, but the lives of the individuals are changed for the better.
Sensitively made, gives a real insight into the situation in Chicago; and offers real hope that a leopard can indeed change its spots.
Highly recommended.
The disturbing gang violence and cycle of revenge in Chicago is sensitively rendered; there is no gratuitous detail.
The interrupters are trying to intervene, to interrupt the cycle of shootings.
But there is hope. Hope in that the interrupters are themselves former gang members who are now working to reduce the violence; and hope in that they build relationships with others, and in their perseverance not only is the cycle of violence interrupted, but the lives of the individuals are changed for the better.
Sensitively made, gives a real insight into the situation in Chicago; and offers real hope that a leopard can indeed change its spots.
Highly recommended.