Charlie Meyerson, left, talks with Oscar-nominated film producer and director, Steve James, about his newest documentary, America To Me, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, during a Wednesday Journal Conversations in the Lund Auditorium at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Charlie Meyerson, left, and Oscar-nominated film producer and director, Steve James, discuss the OPRF documentary, America To Me, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, during a Wednesday Journal Conversations in the Lund Auditorium at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Audience members pack the room and wait for Oscar-nominated film producer and director, Steve James, to enter the stage on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, during a Wednesday Journal Conversations in the Lund Auditorium at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Charlie Meyerson, left, and Steve James, discuss America To Me on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, during a Wednesday Journal Conversations in the Lund Auditorium at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Charlie Meyerson, left, and Oscar-nominated film producer and director, Steve James, discuss the impact of James’ newest documentary, America To Me, featuring life at OPRF, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, during a Wednesday Journal Conversations in the Lund Auditorium at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Photos for the Wednesday Journal Conversations with Oscar-nominated film director and producer, Steve James.
ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
How Steve James overcame doubt—his and others’—to create ‘America to Me’
