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For 23 straight Saturday nights of 1982, The Chicago Party dance show assaulted Chicagoland UHF eyeballs with Spandex, Southside fly guys, tender tenderonies, magicians, contortionists, prismatic video gimmickry, and lip
A newly arrived Syrian refugee family learns to adjust to their new life in Chicago while missing and mourning their homeland
A documentary about neighborhood people creating change. Produced for the MacArthur Foundation by Kartemquin Films, this piece features six vignettes on community organizing in different Chicago neighborhoods: LeClaire C
An examination of Chicago's lost lesbian bars, why they've disappeared, and what comes next.
The architecture of Chicago is world class. But often overlooked are the remarkable buildings and luscious green spaces of the city's South Side. Take a trip with architecture photographer and writer Lee Bey as he explor
The movement of colourful dots, streaks and scratches embellished directly on a film roll synchronise with the cheerful jazz music by Johnny Dodds and the Chicago Footwarmers.
At IF, the most influential and feared group is led by the Power Girls, girls who control everything, from the parties to the social destiny of each student. At the height of the school year, the fight for the prom crown
Documents the collective nature of the stories from 1948 Palestinian survivors. It describes their daily life before the war, their flight from the conflict and their lives in exile.
Three Dog Night on Soundstage, Chicago in 1975. Setlist: One-- The Family Of Man-- Shambala-- An Old Fashion Love Song-- 'Till The World Ends-- Try A Little Tenderness-- Pianola Rag-- Pieces Of April-- Eli's Coming-- Cel
Brimming with incredible stories and fascinating history, discover how the Southwest Suburbs helped make Chicago what it is today.
Actor Edward James Olmos narrates this celebration of Chicano rock, with personal stories, archival footage and music from Ritchie Valens, Los Lobos and others vividly chronicling the history and cultural import of this
The story of the Czech immigrant experience in Chicago, past and present. Spanning nearly two centuries of turbulent times, it shows how the Bohemians helped build and shape the city, and what Chicago did in turn, to emp
A final tribute to Grateful Dead's final shows through a series of photographs accompanied by "Black Muddy Water."
A portrait of the wintry streets of 1930s Chicago, shot by Helen Balfour Morrison. Morrison was already an accomplished art photographer when she began working with motion picture film. This is one of three surviving fil
History of the suburbs and towns Northwest of Chicago.
Includes mid-1940s scenes of Chicago scenes at various beaches, schools and universities, business districts, factories, parks, scenic drives and more.
Which depicts Pope John Paul II’s October 1979 visit to Chicago.
Circles Around The Sun is a documentary included as part of the Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead. The project began when Casal was asked by video director Justin Kreutzmann to compose and record more
Using footage taken in the midst of demonstrations during the Democratic National Convention of 1968, this film conveys the immediacy of anti-war organizing in meeting rooms, at rallies and in the streets. It is a valuab