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Steve James
1) Life itself
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The legacy of Roger Ebert's life, recounts the inspiring and entertaining life of the world-renowned film critic and social commentator, from his Pulitzer Prize-winning film criticism at the Chicago Sun-Times to becoming one of the most influential cultural voices in America.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
The moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters who, with bravado, humility, and even humor, try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. Shot over the course of a year, this documentary captures a period in Chicago when it became a national symbol for the violence in America's cities.
4) Hoop dreams
Series
Criterion collection volume 289
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This documentary follows two inner-city basketball phenoms' lives through high school as they chase their dreams of playing in the NBA.
5) Stevie
Publisher
Studio Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Returns to rural southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie, a troubled young boy from ten years ago. The film began as a way of discovering what forces shaped Stevie's life. Part way through the filming, Stevie is arrested for a serious crime, and tears his family apart. The modest profile turned into a chronicle of Stevie, his broken family, the justice system and the filmmaker himself.
6) Prefontaine
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
c1996.
Language
English
Description
The true life story of the "James Dean of Track", Steve Prefontaine.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Father Joseph Verrett ignites the sparks of the Civil Rights movement in New Orleans when he organizes a game between his own undefeated Black team and an undefeated prep school team from the White community. Along with his star player, he must overcome the fears and prejudices of the city's residents - both Black and White - to forever change the established social order.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed director Steve James tells the saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Abacus becomes the only bank prosecuted after the 2008 financial crisis. The indictment and subsequent trial forces the Sung family to defend themselves, and their bank's legacy in the Chinatown community, over the course of a five-year...