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Show Me A Hero - Season 1
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A bitter dispute over federally mandated public housing divides Yonkers, N.Y., in the late 1980s in this six-part miniseries based on former New York Times reporter Lisa Belkin';;s nonfiction book. Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers';; worst crisis. When federal courts ordered public housing be built in the white, middle class side of town, it divided the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics.
A bitter dispute over federally mandated public housing divides Yonkers, N.Y., in the late 1980s in this six-part miniseries based on former New York Times reporter Lisa Belkin';;s nonfiction book. Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers';; worst crisis. When federal courts ordered public housing be built in the white, middle class side of town, it divided the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics.
Actors:
Ashley Bryant,
Peter Gregus,
Samuel Mercedes,
Danielle Lee Greaves,
Brian Hutchison,
Aly Mang,
Bob Balaban,
Jeff Lima,
Kayla Diaz,
Luke Kirby,
David Iacono,
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Ashley Bryant
Peter Gregus
Samuel Mercedes
Danielle Lee Greaves
26 September 1966, New York City, New York, USA
Brian Hutchison
Aly Mang
Bob Balaban
16 August 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jeff Lima
Kayla Diaz
Luke Kirby
21 June 1978, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
David Iacono
Director:
Paul Haggis
Country:
United States
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To some extent, casting is everything. And in that sense, this is all about the lead, Oscar Isaac.
August 18, 2015
David Simon, creator of Baltimore-set masterpiece The Wire, has produced something compelling, complex and emotionally involving.
August 13, 2015
Mr. [Oscar] Isaac...proves a terrific lead performer and he's joined by a coterie of semi-recognizable supporting players.
August 14, 2015
Show Me A Hero is an outstanding and deeply soulful miniseries drama delivered at the kind of top-tier level that only comes along every few years or so.
May 02, 2017
This is less a series of heart-tugging vignettes than a state-of-the-nation warning about the disintegration of America's political system. Its basic elements are fear and money.
August 13, 2015
Show Me a Hero is the TV event of the Summer, a mini-series that plays like a great American novel or a lost Sidney Lumet movie.
August 13, 2015
Bernthal, who has spent much of his recent career playing men of action, has the best role of his career, and he shines as cocky but dedicated NAACP lawyer Michael Sussman, determined to make Yonkers integrate.
August 13, 2015
Taking wonky, dry, slow, intractable, expansive, and important social issues-in other words, subjects that seem innately anathema to television-and making them sexy, or at least dramatic, is David Simon's preferred mode.
August 13, 2015
Even when the narrative wanders, the terrific performances, Bruce Springsteen songs on the soundtrack, and its refusal to provide easy answers make Show Me a Hero thought-provoking and moving.
August 13, 2015
The artfulness and empathy of Show Me a Hero would be tremendously moving in any year. But it feels particularly relevant in 2015, when the Black Lives Matter movement and the violent incidents that inspired it are dominating the headlines.