The Interrupters (2011)

Director
Steve James

Main cast
Tio Hardiman; Ameena Matthews; Cobe Williams; Gary Slutkin; Caprysha Anderson

Genres
Documentary

Description
The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters — former gang members who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once caused.


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