Stevie [videorecording] / SenArt Films presents a Kartemquin Films production, a film by Steve James ; producers, Steve James, Adam D. Singer, Gordon Quinn ; director, Steve James.
Steve James, Brenda Hickam, Stephen Dale Fielding, Verna Hagler, Bernice Hagler, Doug Hickam, Tonya Gregory. Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. Special features: production commentary; unused footage; Where are they now?
Summary:
Returns to rural southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie, a troubled young boy from ten years ago. The film began as a way of discovering what forces shaped Stevie's life. Part way through the filming, Stevie is arrested for a serious crime, and tears his family apart. The modest profile turned into a chronicle of Stevie, his broken family, the justice system and the filmmaker himself.
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