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August 30, 2015. ( 2015-08-30) Show Me a Hero is a 2015 American miniseries based on the 1999 nonfiction book of the same name by former New York Times writer Lisa Belkin about Yonkers mayor (1987–89) Nick Wasicsko. [1] [2] Like the book, the miniseries details a white middle-class neighborhood's resistance to a federally mandated scattered ...
Show Me a Hero: With Oscar Isaac, Natalie Paul, Carla Quevedo, Peter Riegert. Nick Wasicsko takes office as mayor of Yonkers in 1987 and has to face the issue of building public housing in the white, middle-class side of town.
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- 2015-08-16
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WATCH NOW. A young mayor in Yonkers, NY is engulfed in a racially divided maelstrom in this six-part HBO miniseries. 1. Part 1. Nick Wasicsko becomes the youngest big-city mayor in America, but at what cost? 2. Part 2. All hell breaks loose as the Yonkers mayor and City Council are given an ultimatum by a federal judge weary of further delay. 3.
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David Simon’s latest six-hour miniseries, Show Me a Hero, directed by Paul Haggis, was an important, incredible, fascinating, infuriating and sad account of a six-year period in the city of...
Six-part HBO miniseries from creator David Simon and director Paul Haggis based on a true story about the young mayor (Oscar Isaac) of Yonkers, NY who finds himself engulfed in a racially divided maelstrom that threatens the city's future. Co-starring Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina, Bob Balaban, Peter Riegert, LaTanya Richardson-Jackson, Carla ...
Part 1. Nick Wasicsko becomes the youngest big-city mayor in America, but at what cost? 2. Part 2. All hell breaks loose as the Yonkers mayor and City Council are given an ultimatum by a federal judge weary of further delay. 3. Part 3. Mayor Wasicsko finally achieves some consensus and rams through a housing plan with a tough vote. 4. Part 4.
Watch Show Me A Hero and other popular TV shows and movies including new releases, classics, Hulu Originals, and more. It’s all on Hulu. Six-part HBO miniseries that explores notions of home, race and community through the lives of various citizens in Yonkers, NY.
