CITY SO REAL

By Steve JAMES

CINETIC MEDIA - as SALES

Drama - Completed 2020


Festivals
& Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2020
Indie Episodic
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 118 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Steve JAMES
    • Synopsis
    • As a factious mayoral election coincides with the trial of the police officer who killed Laquan McDonald, Chicago becomes a flashpoint, with the city as a tinderbox and its citizens ready to spark. The meandering camera in City So Real captures a wide swath of voices and perspectives assembled from intimate family gatherings to combustible street protests and beyond. Candidates, voters, protestors, and bystanders all weigh in, with passionate arguments and casual insights presented in equal measure, creating a broad view of a city long held as a political lightning rod.