Interviewed by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Including The East Coast Premiere Of Episode One Of The Starz Original Docu-Series AMERICA TO ME
The AFI DOCS Charles Guggenheim Symposium honors masters of the non-fiction art form who inspire audiences by documenting and exploring the human experience. The Symposium takes place during the documentary festival and celebrates a master documentary filmmaker and their work.
AFI is proud to welcome Steve James to Washington, DC, as the 2018 Guggenheim honoree.
Steve James is one of the world's most remarkable living storytellers, known for his observant, civic-minded films tackling issues of race, class and communities in crisis. The acclaimed HOOP DREAMS (1994), about two inner-city teenagers with NBA ambitions, began his long and fruitful affiliation with Kartemquin Films. THE INTERRUPTERS (2011) follows the brave volunteers who put their lives on the line to stop gang violence. His Oscar-nominated ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL (2016) focuses on a familyrun Chinese-American bank scapegoated after the financial crisis. His latest project, AMERICA TO ME (2018), profiles a racially diverse Chicago high school that is still divided along economic lines.
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