NO CROSSOVER: THE TRIAL OF ALLEN IVERSON kicks off Master Class series with Steve James at the Maysles Institute
Maysles Institute
343 Malcolm X Blvd. between 127th & 128th Sts.
July 28 – August 4, suggested donation $10, 7:30
212-582-6050
www.mayslesinstitute.org
Award-winning director, producer, and editor Steve James has made some of the most fascinating, entertaining, and important documentaries of the past twenty years, delving into the American psyche through sports, death row, and inner-city violence. The Maysles Institute will be celebrating the release of his latest film, The Interrupters, a powerful examination of gang violence in Chicago, with Master Class, a series curated by Sylvia Savadjian that begins Thursday night with a screening of James’s No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson, a look back at a major event in the basketball superstar’s youth that took place in James’s own hometown of Hampton, Virginia. The film screens at 7:30 and will be followed by a Q&A and reception with James. On Friday night, the instant classic Hoop Dreams will be shown, a seminal work that follows the dreams of two high school athletes, William Gates and Arthur Agee, seeking to make it big in the NBA. The series continues August 4 with James and Peter Gilbert’s At the Death House Door and August 5-11 with The Interrupters; look for our rave reviews of both coming soon.