‘SHOW ME A HERO’

Binge screening!
(US, 2015, season 1 ep. 1 > 6, OV EN, ST FR, 6 x 45’)

Nick Wasicsko, the young mayor of Yonkers, New York, is forced by law to build public housing in a neighbourhood mostly occupied by whites. His efforts will deeply divide the city, provoking racism, demagogy and violence once thought gone.
"Writer David Simon’s new six-part miniseries is another masterwork of storytelling that’s both miniaturist and epic in scale (...) The courtroom scenes are riveting, and so is Oscar Isaac’s moving performance." (Entertainment Weekly)

Original Idea: Lisa Belkin
Screenwriter(s): David Simon & William F. Zorzi
Director(s): Paul Haggis
With: Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina, Winona Ryder, LaTanya Richardson-Jackson, Bob Balaban and Jim Belushi
Producer(s): Blown Deadline Productions, Pretty Pictures, HBO Miniseries