Half a century later, there are, of course, plenty of Father Corridans around: clerical and lay leaders of many faiths giving expertise and hope to unorganized workers, migrants, the homeless, battered women, ex-cons trying to go straight and addicts trying to stay clean.
It is grittier (back to black and white) and Elvis is quite convincing as a hot-headed ex-con trying to break into show business.
And even where information is accurate, it's highly questionable how helpful it is to have the information out there, both for the ex-con trying to rehabilitate and for neighbourhoods marked as criminal-heavy.
In The Man with the Golden Arm, Sinatra played a master card dealer and ex-con trying to make it as a jazz drummer, a path impeded by his heroin addiction and his deceptive wife.
Whether whispering orders into his cellphone or speeding across the city in his Mercedes, Donovan is constantly distracted by the needs of his wife and children, his two befuddled thug brothers and the looming threat of his dad (Jon Voight), a murderous ex-con trying to slither back into his old spot as family patriarch.
At this point "Bringing Up Bobby," written and directed by Famke Janssen, becomes the con, trying to convince us that the post-pokey Olive is now a touchingly altered woman, her conniving character erased by a toilet-cleaning job and a scraped-back hairstyle.
Zweig won a Genie (now re-branded as a Canadian Screen Award, or a "Screenie") in 2010 for A Hard Name, his doc about ex-cons trying to live normal lives, and his 2013 film, When Jews Were Funny, won Best Canadian Feature Film at TIFF that year.
But the interview ends on a sour note after Conner tries to explain their falling out earlier.
Then, a gay, white ex-con tries to make his name in the rap game in the off-color animated series "Chozen".
So I read up a bit on pros and cons of trying and failing.
Who can help me pick the right plan? A. There are already reports of con artists trying to deceive consumers, so don't trust just anyone.
