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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 ...
Based on a true story, this drama series follows the mayor and the residents of Yonkers, New York, as they face the controversial issue of building public housing in the white, middle-class side of town in the 1980s. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and find more information on IMDb.
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- 2015-08-16
- Drama, History
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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.
Sep 4, 2015 · 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...
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A comprehensive orientation process awaits the incoming residents, and many have second thoughts. Stream Season 1 Episode 1 of Show Me A Hero online or on your device plus recaps, previews, and other clips.
Scott Fitzgerald. Based on the true story of the development of low-income housing in Yonkers, New York in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, HBO’s “Show Me a Hero” is the TV event of the Summer, a mini-series that plays like a great American novel or a lost Sidney Lumet movie.
