Show Me a Hero
American 2015 television series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 Nick Wasicsko.[1][2] Like the book, the miniseries details a white middle-class neighborhood's resistance to a federally mandated scattered-site public housing development in Yonkers, New York, and how the tension of the situation affected the city as a whole.[3][4]
| Show Me a Hero | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | Show Me a Hero by Lisa Belkin |
| Written by | |
| Directed by | Paul Haggis |
| Starring | |
| Ending theme | "When the People Find Out" by Steve Earle |
| Composer | Nathan Larson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
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| Production locations | Yonkers, New York Puerto Rico |
| Cinematography | Andrij Parekh |
| Editors | Jo Francis Kate Sanford |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 56–71 minutes |
| Production companies | Blown Deadline Productions Pretty Pictures HBO Miniseries |
| Release | |
| Original network | HBO |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | August 16 (2015-08-16) – August 30, 2015 (2015-08-30) |
The miniseries was written by David Simon and journalist William F. Zorzi, with whom Simon worked at The Baltimore Sun and on the HBO series The Wire. It was directed by Paul Haggis.[1] Six episodes were ordered by HBO;[1] the miniseries premiered on August 16, 2015.[5]