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Show Me A Hero - Season 1 Episode 01
A bitter dispute over federally mandated public housing divides Yonkers, N.Y., in the late 1980s in this six-part miniseries based on former New York Times reporter Lisa Belkin';;s nonfiction book. Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers';; worst crisis. When federal courts ordered public housing be built in the white, middle class side of town, it divided the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics.
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It's a slow burn of a series so far, but it's far from a bore, with moments brimming with tension once the gravity of Nick's situation begins to weigh in.