Movie: Stevie
I watched the DVD “Stevie” last night. The director, Steve James, was a Big Brother earlier in his life for a trouble young man, Stevie. Steve decided to go back ten years later and see how Stevie was doing. It’s not been good.
Stevie was raised, somewhat, by the most dysfunctional family you can imagine, plus every single foster home in southern Illinois. Beatings, sexual assault. How much does it take to ruin one boy? It’s the story of the making of a, small time, career criminal. Oddly, Stevie has attracted a few good people into his life. His first foster parents, his fiancé and even Steve and his wife. You’d think Stevie could stop the train wreck of his life, but that’s not really possible. Changing who you are is darn near impossible for any of us.
A very painful story to watch.