Ameena Matthews, CeaseFire violence interrupter, speaks at the funeral of a young man shot out of retaliation. The funeral director, Spencer Leaks, also has some grave comments about how many children he lays to rest each year.

The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. From acclaimed director Steve James and bestselling author Alex Kotlowitz this film is an unusually intimate journey into the stubborn persistence of violence in our cities.

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