HBO’s Show Me A Hero Airs TonightPosted by Wilson Morales
August 16, 2015
Airing tonight at 8pm on HBO is Show Me A Hero, starring Oscar Isaac. HBO is releasing the miniseries in 2-hour blocks on consecutive Sunday nights.
From creator David Simon (‘Treme’ and ‘The Wire’) and director Paul Haggis (‘Crash’), and based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Lisa Belkin, this six-part miniseries explores notions of home, race and community through the lives of elected officials, bureaucrats, activists and ordinary citizens in Yonkers, NY.
In an America generations removed from the greatest civil rights struggles of the 1960s, the young mayor (Oscar Isaac) of a mid-sized American city is faced with a federal court order that says he must build a small number of low-income housing units in the white neighborhoods of his town. His attempt to do so tears the entire city apart, paralyzes the municipal government and, ultimately, destroys the mayor and his political future.
In addition to Oscar Isaac, ‘Show Me a Hero’ stars Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina, Winona Ryder, LaTanya Richardson-Jackson, Bob Balaban Jim Belushi, Carla Quevedo, Ilfenesh Hadera, Natalie Paul, and Michael Stahl-David.
LaTanya Richardson-Jackson plays Norma O’Neal, a home health aid who lives in the projects, and is struggling with losing her sight
Directed by Paul Haggis; written by David Simon and William F. Zorzi; executive produced by David Simon, Nina K. Noble, Paul Haggis, Gail Mutrux and William F. Zorzi.
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