Before David Simon was a TV writer and producer, creating such brilliant series as
The Wire and
Treme, he was a newspaper reporter – covering the police beat in Baltimore in an eye-opening experience that inspired
Homicide: Life on the Street. In this new installment of Bill Moyers’ talk show, Simon applies the same skills he used so surgically and perceptively in all those TV series – taking the time to probe and explain, in human terms, the various institutions that shape poverty, crime, hope and hopelessness, and applies them to the larger canvas of America itself, right on the heels of President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address.
Moyers & Company airs from Friday to Sunday on local public TV stations; to find it in your local area, check the
BillMoyers.com website.