1944

Mackinac Island

8/2

This Traveltalk series short begins in Chicago, where the narrator and his crew board a cruise ship. After a 20-hour trip up Lake Michigan, they arriv...

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Mackinac Island

2009

Radical Disciple: The Story of Father Pfleger

0/0

The story of Catholic iconoclast Michael Pfleger who made it his mission to transform the drug ravaged south side Chicago community surrounding his pa...

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Radical Disciple: The Story of Father Pfleger

2009

Point of View: A Retrospective of Joe Sedelmaier

0/0

As one of his generation's quintessential Mad Men, television commercial director Joe Sedelmaier's work was iconic, dynamic, and instantly recognizabl...

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Point of View: A Retrospective of Joe Sedelmaier

2019

The First Rainbow Coalition

7.6/5

Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police...

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The First Rainbow Coalition

2025

Leo from Chicago

0/0

The Vatican media documentary about the roots of Robert Francis Prevost in his native United States. It follows an itinerary that begins with his chil...

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Leo from Chicago

1986

The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults

0/0

The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults is a two-hour live American television special that was broadcast in syndication on April 21, 1986, and hosted by Ge...

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The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults

2017

Caged Men: Tales from Chicago's SRO Hotels

0/0

Caged. Invisible. Shamed. Trapped. These words mark the tenants, clerks and even the owners of Chicago's last remaining Singe Room Occupancy (SRO) hot...

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Caged Men: Tales from Chicago's SRO Hotels

1994

Hoop Dreams

7.594/342

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

1938

The Spider and the Fly

8/1

Few amateur films with sound were produced in the 1930s and fewer remain extant. A charming artifact that demonstrates the expressive possibilities an...

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The Spider and the Fly

2021

All These Sons

0/0

On Chicago's South and West sides, the scourge of guns and gangs is destroying countless lives. Taking matters into their own hands, two men dedicate...

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All These Sons

2004

Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii

7/1

Filmmaker Kevin McMahon accompanies the Haida delegation on a repatriation trip to Chicago in 2003. His film reveals the whole repatriation process th...

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Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii

2025

Becoming a Rose

0/0

This Rose will forever be Chicago Red.

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Becoming a Rose

2008

Life After People

7.039/102

In this special documentary that inspired a two-season television series, scientists and other experts speculate about what the Earth, animal life, an...

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Life After People

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

GameChangers

0/0

A historical documentary, GameChangers sits at the intersection of sports, race and culture, tipping off with rare, 8mm footage taken from two high sc...

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GameChangers

2018

On the Rink

0/0

The regulars of Chicago's Southside Rink show off the style and personality of the place they have called home for generations.

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On the Rink

2014

The Murder Ballad of James Jones

0/0

In 1993, Chicago bluesman and Howlin' Wolf protégé James "Tail Dragger" Jones murdered fellow musician "Boston Blackie" during an on-stage performance...

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The Murder Ballad of James Jones

1970

Ratamata

0/0

A portrait of the diverse opinions of Chicagoans as they reflect on the general state of affairs in America, the war in Vietnam, social and racial con...

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Ratamata

2008

WooLife

0/0

WooLife chronicles Ronnie Woo's journey from an abusive childhood on the south side of Chicago to his adopted family in Wrigley Field. A young Ronnie...

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WooLife

1970

8 Flags for 99¢

5.556/9

A short documentary that explores a blue-collar community’s growing unease with the Vietnam War. It was produced in response to President Nixon’s famo...

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8 Flags for 99¢