Monday 13 February 2012

The switches

switches Rated: NR. Award-winning filmmaker Steve James offers another powerful gaze on urban life in America with this documentary. As gang violence has become more common (and fatal) in the city of Chicago, social workers, activists and educators founded a group called the ceasefire in 2000 to help curb the tide of aggression. Councillors cease to work with at-risk youth in communities heavily affected by violence to teach them that there are better ways to resolve personal conflicts with

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