Show Me a Hero - Season 1 - Eps 1: Part 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 new administration.
About Show Me a Hero
Title: Show Me a Hero
First Air Date: 2015-08-16
Last Air Date: 2015-08-30
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.03/10 (from 185 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 6
Network: HBO
Genres: Crime, Drama, War & Politics
Production Companies: Blown Deadline Productions, HBO, Pretty Pictures
Synopsis
Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers' worst crisis when federal courts ordered public housing to be built in the white, middle class side of town, dividing the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics.
Cast
Oscar Isaac
Nick Wasicsko
Catherine Keener
Mary Dorman
Alfred Molina
Henry J. Spallone
Bob Balaban
Leonard B. Sand
Peter Riegert
Oscar Newman
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Norma O'Neal
Carla Quevedo
Nay Noe Wasicsko
Jon Bernthal
Michael H. Sussman
Ilfenesh Hadera
Carmen Febles
Natalie Paul
Doreen Henderson