Monday, September 05, 2011

the interrupters


A few weeks ago I went to see The Interrupters, a film about treating violence in the city of Chicago through CeaseFire.

Imagine walking down a street where everyone is armed – with guns, rocks, knives – and a fight is breaking out. Imagine walking into the middle of that fight armed with nothing but your own love, your own courage, about 40 hours of conflict and anger management training, and the lessons of your own violent past. Imagine pulling the participants apart, listening to their grievances, and talking them into being a little bit better than they think they can be, and if you do your work right – if you can listen hard enough and love hard enough – maybe no one dies today. 

Read the rest of the review here. I cannot recommend the film enough - if you have a chance to see it, see it.

1 comment:

  1. Is this film available to watch online or anything? Sounds moving, to say the least.

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