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June 16 - 22, 2019 JUNE 16 - 22, 2019 staradvertiser.com OPERATION CEASEFIRE Ben Affl eck executive produces the new Showtime crime drama City on a Hill, starring Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge. The series is set in Boston in the 1990s, a time of intense crime, gang violence and police corruption. Hodge plays a new assistant district attorney who comes to town determined to turn the whole rotten enforcement system on its head. Premieres Sunday, June 16, on Showtime. NEW EPISODE! Join host, Lyla Berg as she sits down with guests Meet the who share their work on moving our community forward. people and places SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE: Dr. Emma Kaiser, Veterinarian, Honolulu Zoo Shelby Carlos that make 1st & 3rd , Volunteer Coordinator, Honolulu Zoological Society Hawai‘i Wednesday of the Month, Jonee Peters, Operations Manager, Conservation Council For HawaiҊi 6:30 pm | Channel 53 Jim Kennedy, Executive Director, Hawaii Fi-Do Services olelo.org special. Erin Enriques, Student Graduate, HawaiiKidsCAN ON THE COVER | CITY ON A HILL Boston’s darkest hour ‘City on a Hill’ tells a story of crime and redemption Ward, a newly appointed assistant district at- torney from Brooklyn. According to Showtime, the tension-fraught By Joy Doonan rampant youth gun violence of the time. The pairing “take on a family of armored car robbers TV Media program, dubbed Operation Ceasefire, was groundbreaking in that it employed research in a case that grows to involve, and ultimately subvert, the entire criminal justice system of ollywood mogul Ben Affleck is no strang- tactics to help law enforcement understand Boston.” The series also stars Jonathan Tucker er to the subgenre of Boston crime and effectively target the main sources of gun (“Kingdom”), Mark O’Brien (“Republic of Doyle”), dramas. The Academy Award winner trafficking and gang crimes. H Amanda Clayton (“If Loving You Is Wrong”) and grew up just outside of Boston, and his rise to The project was such a sweeping success Jill Hennessy (“Crossing Jordan”). directorial acclaim is marked by films about his that Boston’s youth homicide rate fell by 63 Bacon’s Rohr is smug and dismissive, a man hometown’s criminal underworld. “Gone Baby percent, and it was the inspiration behind well practiced at tampering with local justice to Group Violence Intervention projects that are Gone” (2007), a drama about a local private his own ends. As comfortable with partaking in still being employed throughout New York and eye’s hunt for a child abductor, displays the the city’s illicit underworld as he is with polic- other states today. Contemplating how the working-class realities of a Boston neighbor- ing it, he oversees corruption in dealings with historic event of the Boston Miracle shook hood ridden with drugs and violence; 2010’s Boston street gangs. He is not pleased with the city’s entire law enforcement to its core, “The Town” follows the real-life events of a the prospect of an “affirmative action hire,” as large-scale bank robbery in Fenway Park. “City on a Hill” writer Chuck MacLean said, he calls Ward, stepping in to crack down on lo- Now, Affleck has teamed up with childhood “Everything had been one way for such a long cal crime. friend and co-Oscar winner Matt Damon (“The time, it seemed impossible to change, and it Ward shakes up the entrenched status quo Departed,” 2006) to co-executive produce his did, very quickly.” when he comes to town, dealing firsthand with latest brainchild, “City on a Hill.” The series, with The show depicts Boston as it was in the the racism of local cops and driving hard for a a debut season consisting of 10 episodes, is a 1990s, a world in which rampant crime and major upheaval of the current gun policing. “I fictionalized account of “Operation Ceasefire,” gang violence is propped up by a cesspool of want to rip out the machinery in this city,” he a project now more commonly known as corrupt law enforcement officials who are says. First, however, he needs to walk the line the Boston Miracle. Starring Kevin Bacon invested in the status quo of a crime-driven between maintaining his integrity and get- (“Footloose,” 1984) and Aldis Hodge (“Straight economy, and a culture of un- ting his hands dirty in order to operate within Outta Compton,” 2015) in lead checked racism. Bacon stars Boston’s tight-knit network of corruption. roles, “City on a Hill” premieres as corrupt-but-respected FBI When Rohr and Ward wind up working to- Sunday, June 16, on Showtime. agent Jackie Rohr, while Hodge gether on the Charlestown car robber case, The Boston Miracle occurred portrays Decourcy their pairing sparks a more revolutionary in the ‘90s, when the city’s police change than either of them could have imag- department implemented a pro- Aldis Hodge ined. The relationship between the two leads gram, designed by criminology and Kevin isn’t just an unlikely investigative duo; “City on Bacon professor David M. Kennedy, a Hill” attempts to delve into the complicated star in to combat the “City on humanity of the players involved, to tell a story a Hill” of struggling communities and determination to affect change. 2 STAR CHANNELS June 16 - 22, 2019 BEST BETS Sunday would like to get to know better, and which Thursday ones to send home. City on a Hill Holey Moley SHOW 6 p.m. Tuesday KITV 7 p.m. Kevin Bacon stars as corrupt FBI veteran Stephen Curry looks on as mini-golf lov- Blood & Treasure Jackie Rohr, who forms an unlikely alliance with ers put their skills to the test on an epic KGMB 9 p.m. assistant district attorney Decourcy Ward obstacle course in this new series. As the Danny (Matt Barr) and Lexi (Sofia Pernas) (Aldis Hodge) in this premiere. They take on the players compete for $25,000, Rob Riggle travel to the mountains of Spain in this new corruption and racism that plagues Boston’s and Joe Tessitore provide commentary, episode. 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