HBO to exclusively premier 'Show Me A Hero' in India

HBO to exclusively premier 'Show Me A Hero' in India

MUMBAI: Show Me A Hero is a six-part miniseries which will explore the concepts of home, race and community while following the lives of elected officials, bureaucrats and citizens in Yonkers, N.Y. The show stars James Belushi, Winona Ryder, Clarke Peters, Jon Bernthal, LaTanya Richardson-Jackson, Daniel Stern, Bob Balaban, Alfred Molina, Catherine Keener, Oscar Isaac, Carla Quevedo, Ilfenesh Hadera, Natalie Paul, Dominique Fishback, Terry Kinney and Michael Stahl-David.

In episode 1, Nick Wasicsko becomes the youngest big-city mayor in America, but at what cost? Even before he is inaugurated, the obligation to build public housing in the white neighborhoods of Yonkers looms over his newadministration

In episode 2, all hell breaks loose as the Yonkers mayor and City Council are given an ultimatum by a federal judgeweary of further delay.  Meanwhile, public housing residents trapped in the deteriorating projects of West Yonkerswatch and wait as the white residents of East Yonkers make clear just how opposed they are.

Show Me a Hero first and second episodes air in India on Monday, August 17. The subsequent four parts of the miniseries will debut on Monday, August 24 & Monday, August 31, with two episodes back-to-back from 10 p.m. onwards on HBO Defined, 100% ad- free.