Director Steve James On Documenting Chicago In ‘City So Real,’ And Grabbing A Beer With Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Or Not.

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Director Steve James has been making films for more than 30 years now, earning two Oscar nominations along the way: Best Editing for his landmark 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams, and Best Documentary Feature for the 2016 film Abacus: Small Enough to Jail.One of his foremost skills as a filmmaker is one seemingly anyone could develop: to listen.“I think one of the things making documentaries pushes one to do is to listen,” he tells Deadline. “It’s a form of filmmaking that benefits greatly by just being open to what people have to say to you, and being genuinely curious about what they have to say.”James is not the only good listener in his family.“My wife is an actual counselor, who has training in psychology, and for a living, she has to