David Simon 's new show : `` Show Me a Hero , '' a six-hour miniseries . It 's based on a 1999 nonfiction work by Lisa Belkin about a battle over housing in Yonkers , New York , just north of New York City . " The series is based on the book of the same name by journalist and author Alex Gibney. Work touches on themes of race , class , politics .
David Simon 's new show : `` Show Me a Hero , '' a six-hour miniseries . " The series is based on the book of the same name by journalist and author Alex Gibney. Work touches on themes of race , class , politics .