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vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">The Interrupters</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Interrupters_FilmPoster.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/The_Interrupters_FilmPoster.jpeg/220px-The_Interrupters_FilmPoster.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/The_Interrupters_FilmPoster.jpeg 1.5x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="389" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Steve_James_(producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve James (producer)">Steve James</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Steve James<br /><a href="/wiki/Alex_Kotlowitz" title="Alex Kotlowitz">Alex Kotlowitz</a><br />Zak Piper (co-producer)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data">Ricardo "Cobe" Williams<br />Eddie Bocanegra<br />Ameena Matthews<br />Tio Hardiman<br />Gary Slutkin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data">Steve James</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Steve James<br />Aaron Wickenden</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data">Joshua Abrams</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;">Kartemquin Films / Rise Films</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data">Cinema Guild (US Theatrical), PBSd (US DVD), Dogwoof (UK)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>January 22, 2011<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2011-1-22</span>)</span> (Sundance)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">125 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$282,448</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Interrupters</b></i> is a 2011 <a href="/wiki/Documentary_film" title="Documentary film">documentary film</a>, produced by <a href="/wiki/Kartemquin_Films" title="Kartemquin Films">Kartemquin Films</a>, that tells the story of three <a href="/wiki/Violence_interrupter" class="mw-redirect" title="Violence interrupter">violence interrupters</a> who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. It examines a year in which Chicago drew national headlines for violence and murder that plagued the city. </p><p>The film features the work of <a href="/wiki/CeaseFire_(organization)" class="mw-redirect" title="CeaseFire (organization)">CeaseFire</a>, an initiative of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Project_for_Violence_Prevention&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chicago Project for Violence Prevention (page does not exist)">Chicago Project for Violence Prevention</a>. In 2004, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tio_Hardiman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tio Hardiman (page does not exist)">Tio Hardiman</a> (ex-Director of CeaseFire Illinois) created and implemented The Violence Interrupter concept. Violence interrupters Ameena Matthews, Cobe Williams and Eddie Bocanegra look back on their past experiences with street violence to try to steer young men and women in the right direction.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matthews, the daughter of former Chicago gang leader <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Fort" title="Jeff Fort">Jeff Fort</a>, comes to the aid of the mother of <a href="/wiki/Derrion_Albert" class="mw-redirect" title="Derrion Albert">Derrion Albert</a>, a Chicago high school student whose death made national headlines when it was captured on videotape. </p><p>Produced by <a href="/wiki/Kartemquin_Films" title="Kartemquin Films">Kartemquin Films</a>, <i>The Interrupters</i> is directed by <a href="/wiki/Steve_James_(producer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve James (producer)">Steve James</a>, director of the documentary <i><a href="/wiki/Hoop_Dreams" title="Hoop Dreams">Hoop Dreams</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and co-produced by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Kotlowitz" title="Alex Kotlowitz">Alex Kotlowitz</a>, author of <a href="/wiki/There_Are_No_Children_Here:_The_Story_of_Two_Boys_Growing_Up_in_the_Other_America" class="mw-redirect" title="There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America"><i>There Are No Children Here</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Setting">Setting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Interrupters_(film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Setting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The documentary takes place on <a href="/wiki/South_Side,_Chicago" title="South Side, Chicago">Chicago's South Side</a> in a myriad of troubled communities. One of the main communities featured is <a href="/wiki/Englewood,_Chicago" title="Englewood, Chicago">Englewood</a>. Englewood lies approximately 12 miles south of the Loop and began as a home to German and Irish farm and railroad workers.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2005_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2005-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, after World War II, Englewood and the South Side of Chicago as a whole became known as the "Black Belt." This is in reference to the predominantly African American population moving to this area. As of the year 2000, 0.6% of Englewood residents are White, while 98.2% are Black or African American. 5.2% of Englewood residents over the age of twenty-five have obtained a bachelor's degree or higher. The unemployment rate of Englewood residents over the age of sixteen is 25.8%.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2005_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2005-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Residents participate in gang activities and <a href="/wiki/Drug_trafficking" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug trafficking">drug trafficking</a> to make money. The crime statistics for February 24, 2012 detail thirty-three documented crimes in a span of twenty-four hours. One third of those crimes were narcotic offenses.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2005_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2005-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of the drug activity can be traced back to two notorious gangs that run the area: The <a href="/wiki/Gangster_Disciples" title="Gangster Disciples">Gangster Disciples</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Black_P_Stones" class="mw-redirect" title="Black P Stones">Black P Stones</a>. The Interrupters' Ameena Matthews has ties to the Black P Stones as her father, Jeff Fort, was the founder and leader.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2005_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2005-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release_and_reception">Release and reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Interrupters_(film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Release and reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Interrupters</i> premiered at the 2011 <a href="/wiki/Sundance_Film_Festival" title="Sundance Film Festival">Sundance Film Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 3, 2011, <i>The Interrupters</i> made its international premiere at the <a href="/wiki/2011_Adelaide_Film_Festival" title="2011 Adelaide Film Festival">2011 Adelaide Film Festival</a> in Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film also picked up the Special Jury Award at the 18th annual <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Doc/Fest" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield Doc/Fest">Sheffield Doc/Fest</a> - the UK's largest documentary festival - in June 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was broadcast in Canada on the <a href="/wiki/CBC_News_Network" title="CBC News Network">CBC News Network</a> documentary series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Passionate_Eye" title="The Passionate Eye">The Passionate Eye</a></i> on January 28, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was broadcast as part of the <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Frontline_(American_TV_program)" title="Frontline (American TV program)">Frontline</a></i> in February 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early reviews for the film suggested that <i>The Interrupters</i> was an early candidate for a nomination for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Documentary_Feature" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature">Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature</a>, but it was not nominated.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film holds a 99% approval rating on <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a> based on 93 reviews, with the consensus stating "Impeccably crafted and edited, <i>The Interrupters</i> is a tough and honest documentary about street violence that truly has the power to inspire change."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With 36.2% of the vote, <i>The Interrupters</i> won a poll asking readers of <a href="/wiki/IndieWIRE" class="mw-redirect" title="IndieWIRE">IndieWire</a>, an International Independent Film website, "what buzz heavy 2011 film are you most excited to see?".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After watching a screening of <i>The Interrupters</i> in October 2011, Bermuda's National Security Minister vowed to implement a CeaseFire-style program in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film won several awards, including "Best Documentary" from the 2012 <a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="Independent Spirit Awards">Independent Spirit Awards</a>, "Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking" and "Best Direction" from <a href="/wiki/Cinema_Eye_Honors" title="Cinema Eye Honors">Cinema Eye Honors</a>, and "Best Documentary" from the 2011 <a href="/wiki/Miami_International_Film_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami International Film Festival">Miami International Film Festival</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis%E2%80%93Saint_Paul_International_Film_Festival" title="Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival">Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival</a>, and the African American Arts Alliance of Chicago Black Excellence Awards. 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