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Stevie

In 1995, filmmaker Steve James returns to Pomona, a beautiful rural hamlet in Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, for whom James once served as an advocate Big Brother.

In 1995, filmmaker Steve James returns to Pomona, a beautiful rural hamlet in Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, for whom James once served as an advocate Big Brother. He finds that the once difficult, awkward child has become — ten years later — an angry and troubled young man. Part way through filming, Stevie is arrested and charged with a serious crime. He confesses to the crime and then later recants. The filmmaker himself is drawn into the film as he tries to sort out his own feelings, past and present, about Stevie and how to deal with him in the wake of his arrest. What was to be a modest profile of Stevie, turns into an intimate four and a half year chronicle of a dysfunctional family’s struggle to heal.

Stevie is a Kartemquin Films production in association with SenArt Films.

Filmmakers

Editors

Steve James
Bill Haugse

Music Composer/Performer

Dirk Powell

Production Manager

Karen Larson

Post Production Supervisor

Adam Singer

Post Production Manager

Leslie Simmer

Location Sound

Adam D. Singer
Tom Yore
Jim Fetterley

Media

Awards and Distinctions

Academy Awards

Shortlisted

Best Documentary

2004

Independent Spirit Awards

Nominee

Best Documentary

2003

International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

Winner

Grand Jury Award For Best Documentary (Joris Ivens Award)

2003

Philadelphia International Film Festival

Winner

Best Documentary Feature

2003

Sundance Film Festival

Nominee

Grand Jury Prize

2003

Sundance Film Festival

Winner

Excellence in Cinematography Award (Documentary)

2003

Yamagata Film Festival

Winner

Mayor's Prize

2003

Cleveland International Film Festival

Official Selection

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

Official Selection

Portland International Film Festival

Official Selection

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Official Selection

South by Southwest (SXSW)

Official Selection

Toronto International Film Festival

Official Selection