Name: Show Me a Hero
Released: 2015-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina

TV Show · Drama · History

Based on a true story, this six-part miniseries from creator David Simon (The Wire) and director Paul Haggis (Crash) centers on the young mayor (Oscar Isaac) of Yonkers, NY, who finds himself engulfed in a racially divided maelstrom that threatens the city's future.

2015 · 55m

Starring Oscar Isaac, Catherine Keener, Alfred Molina

Director Paul Haggis

EPISODE 1

Part One

Nick Wasicsko becomes the youngest big-city mayor in America; the obligation to build public housing in the white neighborhoods of Yonkers looms over Nick's new administration.

52 min
EPISODE 2

Part Two

The Yonkers mayor and city council are given an ultimatum by a federal judge; public housing residents trapped in the deteriorating projects of West Yonkers watch and wait as the residents of East Yonkers make their opposition clear.

52 min
EPISODE 3

Part Three

Mayor Wasicsko achieves some consensus and pushes through a housing plan with a tough vote; housing officials begin planning for new townhomes while the political cost to Wasicsko becomes apparent.

52 min
EPISODE 4

Part Four

A new mayor pledges to oppose the housing; Nick Wasicsko tries to reconcile himself to life out of power as construction on the townhomes begins.

52 min
EPISODE 5

Part Five

Nick Wasicsko plans his political comeback; the residents for the new townhouses are screened and chosen.

52 min
EPISODE 6

Part Six

A comprehensive orientation process awaits the incoming residents; Mary Dorman is recruited to serve the incoming residents; Nick Wasicsko begins the long road back to political viability; the residents take possession of their new townhomes.

54 min