Show Me a Hero (2015)
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.
Show Me a Hero: Season 1 - 6 Episode s
1x1 - Part 1
August 16, 2015
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.
1x2 - Part 2
August 16, 2015
All hell breaks loose as the Yonkers mayor and City Council are given an ultimatum by a federal judge weary of further delay. Meanwhile, public housing residents trapped in the deteriorating projects of West Yonkers watch and wait as the white residents of East Yonkers make clear just how opposed they are.
1x3 - Part 3
August 23, 2015
Mayor Wasicsko finally achieves some consensus and rams through a housing plan with a tough vote, and housing officials finally begin to plan to build the new townhomes. But even as they do, the political costs to Wasicsko become apparent.
1x4 - Part 4
August 23, 2015
A new mayor pledges to oppose the housing, even though it is never quite clear what he might be able to do in that regard. Meanwhile, Nick Wasicsko tries to reconcile himself to life out of power as construction of the townhomes begins.
1x5 - Part 5
August 30, 2015
Armed with a growing recognition that he had fought on the side of angels in the battle over the housing, Wasicsko plans his political comeback, while the residents for the new townhouses are screened and chosen.
1x6 - Part 6
August 30, 2015
A comprehensive orientation process awaits the incoming residents, and many have second thoughts about moving into neighborhoods that don't welcome them. At the same time, Mary Dorman, long a vocal opponent of the housing, is recruited to serve the incoming residents in a way that even she finds startling. Meanwhile, Nick Wasicko begins the long road back to political viability even as the residents take possession of their new townhomes. But in the end, a second act for the wounded young politician proves elusive.
Show Me a Hero: 1 Season
Actors in Show Me a Hero
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
Michael Stahl-David
Jim Surdoval
Winona Ryder
Vinni Restiano
Jim Belushi
Angelo Martinelli
Terry Kinney
Peter Smith
Dominique Fishback
Billie Rowan
Jessica Denson
Gail Wasicko
Jeff Lima
John Santos, Jr.
McKinley Belcher III
Dwayne Meeks
Jim Bracchitta
Nick Longo
Saverio Guerra
Neil DeLuca
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