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New Trailer for Steve James' Docu Series 'City So Real' About Chicago
by Alex Billington
October 23, 2020
Source:YouTube
'A master work of precision and scope.' National Geographic has unveiled an official trailer for a new docu series titled City So Real, which will be launching with a special commercial-free, uninterrupted five-hour screening event on TV next week. We're breaking our rules about posting trailers for series because this is the latest work by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Steve James (known for Hoop Dreams, Stevie, The Interrupters, Head Games, Life Itself, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail). James, a Chicago native, profiles the city of Chicago starting from 2018 to 2020 in this five-episode doc series. The main description adds that it's 'a fascinating and complex portrait of contemporary Chicago and delivers a deep, multifaceted look into the soul of a quintessentially American city, set against the backdrop of its history-making 2019 mayoral election.' James' City So Real is a gritty and loving depiction of a city that is at once fiercely unique and a microcosm of the nation ⎯ and our world ⎯ as a whole. This definitely looks like an incredible non-fiction series covering so many different aspects of this great American city - all the good and the bad. Take a look.
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Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Steve James' doc series City So Real, direct from YouTube:
Oct 23, 2011 Director Steve James discusses his film STEVIE, which screened during the STF 2011 Summer season. With Thom Powers. Video created by Jill Woodward for STF docs. Steve James' affiliation with Kartemquin began in 1987 with the start of production of Hoop Dreams, for which he served as director, producer, and co-editor.He has since then become one of the most acclaimed documentary makers of his generation, with noted works being Stevie. Steve James (born March 8, 1954) is an American film producer and director of several documentaries, including Hoop Dreams (1994), Stevie (2002), and Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2016). Crime Documentary director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) returned to rural Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy he had been an Advocate Big Brother to ten years earlier. He began a film to discover the forces that had shaped Stevie's entire life.
The series begins in the haze of mid-summer 2018 as Mayor Rahm Emanuel, embroiled in accusations of a cover-up related to the police shooting of an African American teen, Laquan McDonald, shocks the city by announcing he won't seek reelection. An unprecedented 21 candidates emerge in a crowded field as they engage in a no-holds-barred battle for a chance to shape the city's uncertain future. The final episode of the series picks up a year after the mayoral election in 2020, as the city simultaneously grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and the widespread social upheaval following the police killing of George Floyd. An already fractured city is further divided by the economic, political and social fallout, which plays out on the city streets as police clash with protesters, bringing rise to a generational moment that promises to change the city forever. In candid interviews with residents throughout the city, the series captures Chicago's indomitable spirit as well as its seemingly insurmountable challenges.City So Real is directed by acclaimed Chicago-native doc filmmaker Steve James, director of the films Hoop Dreams, Stevie, Reel Paradise, At the Death House Door, The Interrupters, Head Games, Life Itself, and Abacus: Small Enough to Jail previously. The doc series will launch with an unprecedented one-night, five-hour, commercial-free event on National Geographic on October 29th. It will then be available on Hulu the next day. Interested?
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| Stevie | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Steve James |
| Produced by | Steve James Adam Singer Gordon Quinn |
| Music by | Dirk Powell |
| Cinematography | Dana Kupper Gordon Quinn Peter Gilbert |
| Edited by | Steve James, Bill Haugse |
Kartemquin Films Films Transit International | |
| Distributed by | Lions Gate Films |
| 144 min | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Stevie is a 2002 film by documentarian Steve James, and Kartemquin Films.
Content[edit]
In 1995, James returned to Pomona, a rural town in Southern Illinois, USA. After 10 years with no contact, he attempts to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy to whom he had been an 'Advocate Big Brother'. James's re-entry into Stevie's life is brief.
The story then picks up again about two years later after Stevie is charged with a serious crime. Through interviews with Stevie and his family and friends, James paints the portrait of a man who is still very troubled, while he tries to understand what led Stevie down the path of self-destruction.
Stevie Fielding
Post-release[edit]
Stevie was the winner of numerous festival awards, including the 2002 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival's Joris Ivens Award, given to that year's top documentary.[1] The film was a 2003 nominee for Best Documentary at the Sundance FIlm Festival, as well as the Independent Spirit Awards.[2][3]
By decade's end, Stevie was on numerous 'Best of the 2000s' list. In his list of 'Best Films of Any Genre', Ray Pride of NewCity Film, ranked Stevie at #19.[4][5][6] Critic Collin Souter of Efilmcritic.com named Stevie the best documentary of the decade.[7][failed verification]
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Aftermath[edit]
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Stephen Fielding was scheduled to be paroled on February 15, 2007. His original ten-year sentence was completed on October 29, 2009, and he was released from the Stateville Correctional Center.
References[edit]
- ^IDFA[permanent dead link] International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2002. Retrieved 25 Jan. 2011.
- ^Sundance-Stevie. Sundance.org. Retrieved 25 Jan. 2011.
- ^Independent Spirit Awards 2011 'Twenty-Six Years of Nominees & Winners'.Archived 2011-01-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 25 Jan. 2011.
- ^'At Zeroes End: Best Films, 2000-2009'. Pride, Ray. NewCity Film.com. 21 Dec. 2009. Retrieved 25 Jan. 2011.
- ^'More Top Ten From the Aughts.'Archived 2011-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Filmsweep.com. 24 Dec. 2009. Retrieved 25 Jan. 2011.
- ^'Top 100 of the '00s'. Phipps, Keith. Untitled Keith Phipps Project. 28 Dec. 2009. Retrieved 25 Jan. 2011.
- ^'Capturing the Decade: Documentaries'[permanent dead link] Souter, Collin. EFilmcritic.com. Retrieved 25 Jan. 2011.
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External links[edit]
Steve James Documentary Stevie Updated Photo
- Stevie at the Arts & Faith Top100 Spiritually Significant Films list
- Stephen Fielding Illinois State Offender page [1]
- Stephen Fielding Tennessee Sex Offender Page [2]
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
- Stevie on IMDb