2023

Beyond a Joke

0/0

Comedian Adam Rowe sets out to explore the question: what is the role of comedy in today’s increasingly divided, febrile and hostile world? In order t...

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Beyond a Joke

2021

Dear Ike: Lost Letters to a Teen Idol

10/1

In this animated documentary, Los Angeles filmmaker Dion Labriola recounts his all-consuming childhood quest to contact his teen idol, Ike Eisenmann -...

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Dear Ike: Lost Letters to a Teen Idol

2021

Conversations Between Shifts

0/0

A portrait of Chicagoland ICU nurse Jeanette Alvarez-Basem captured through the perspective of her son Ben Basem. Between her night shifts and Illinoi...

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Conversations Between Shifts

2015

Eric Rushton Won't Die Alone

0/0

Fledgling comedian Eric Rushton has never been on a date - until this documentary.

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Eric Rushton Won't Die Alone

1994

Hoop Dreams

7.628/289

Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High Schoo...

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Hoop Dreams

2020

Long Gone Summer

5.8/8

An examination of the 1998 MLB season and the home run race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. The two sluggers' race to hit the most home runs, lat...

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Long Gone Summer

1979

Ed Kelly and the Fighting 47th

0/0

An investigative documentary that focuses on political activities in the 47th Ward of Chicago and on the relationship between party politics and the p...

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Ed Kelly and the Fighting 47th

2013

17 Seconds

5.2/2

“17 Seconds” provides an all-access pass inside the Blackhawks locker room party in Boston and the airplane ride home with the Cup following Game 6, i...

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17 Seconds

2013

From Jack to Juke

0/0

Currently all the rage with hipsters worldwide, Chicago Juke music has roots that run deep. The film chronicles the birth and evolution of a genre ove...

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From Jack to Juke

1997

Out of the Loop

10/1

A feature-length documentary on the 1990s Chicago rock scene.

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Out of the Loop

2023

Jan Terri: No Rules

0/0

30 years in the making, the film Jan Terri: No Rules tells the story of an irrepressible, and often delightfully perplexing personality. As a child, J...

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Jan Terri: No Rules

1896

Chicago, Grande Roue

5.4/7

A view of the Ferris wheel from the Chicago Exposition of 1893, turning slowly.

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Chicago, Grande Roue

2020

Art Tour (Night Edition)

0/0

“While in quarantine, Heyer has made extensive use of viral video platforms like TikTok and Instagram, exploring their potential as a vehicle for perf...

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Art Tour (Night Edition)

1948

Night Life in Chicago

0/0

This short Traveltalk visit to Chicago looks at some hotels known for their evening entertainment and for the rich and famous people who come to their...

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Night Life in Chicago

2024

Don Rickles Live in Pala 2013

10/1

Here is the premiere of Don Rickles Live at Pala! Filmed at Pala Casino Spa Resort in 2013. Presented by Winbrook Entertainment in association with W...

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Don Rickles Live in Pala 2013

2022

The Janes

5.697/37

Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the membe...

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The Janes

2021

JazzTown

0/0

Denver’s iconic and Grammy Award-winning musicians reveal the secrets of their success and longevity in the music business while warning the young lio...

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JazzTown

2008

Chicago 10

6/16

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic Natio...

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Chicago 10

2017

Sickened No More: Documenting the Life and Death of Weekend Nachos

10/1

In 2004 a group of friends took the stage at a small coffee house in Dekalb Illinois with the sole purpose of pissing off everyone. Surprisingly, enou...

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Sickened No More: Documenting the Life and Death of Weekend Nachos

2010

Disney: Through the Looking Glass

10/1

Tito del Amo, a passionate 72-year-old researcher, takes the final step to unravel the enigma about the alleged Spanish origin of the American cartoon...

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Disney: Through the Looking Glass