Chicago Illinois Movies
- 2017

The Honest Struggle
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After over 25 years of incarceration, a Muslim convert re-enters society in the Southside of Chicago to face the same streets that ruined his life....
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- 2017

Sickened No More: Documenting the Life and Death of Weekend Nachos
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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,...
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- 2023

Designer’s Game
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Designer’s Game is a crime drama short film that follows a young broke graphic designer into the descent of a life of crime working in the deep...
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- 2022

STRANGER
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STRANGER is a coming-of-age short film that focuses on two neighbors reconciling before one of them goes off to college in Chicago. It is based on a...
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- 1970

The Story of TMB
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TMB (The Merry Band of time travelers) made their first appearance in the 2019 book The Mystery of The Patch. In the book, they assisted Captain John...
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- 2025

TICKLE ME, AARON!
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Live from Chicago, a full comedy special from actor-comedian Aaron Branch.
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- 2023

Local Band
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Lyla Riley is in a punk band -- Minor Illusion. They suck. Regardless, she perseveres with her best friend Rob on guitar, numbskull drummer Sean...
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- 2019

Phosphorescence
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A bereaved woman utilizes near-future tech, in an attempt to recall the comfort of a mundane memory with a recently lost loved one.
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- 2018

The Area
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A five-year odyssey of a South Side Chicago neighborhood, where more than 400 African-American families are being displaced by a multi-billion dollar...
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- 1964

City
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1964, Autumn in Chicago. This was my 4th film, shot while waiting to go to prison for refusing to serve in the US military. Silent. B&W. I think it...
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- 1984

Rapturous
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An ecstatic exploration of a Chicago parking garage
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- 2012

Benji
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Documentary about Ben Wilson, a good-natured and beloved teenage basketball phenom from Chicago's South Side whose life was tragically cut short by...
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- 2025

BARABARA
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A bilingual documentary. Through a tapestry of interviews, BARABARA illuminates the cultural and economic significance of Swap- O- Rama, the...
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- 1896

Chicago, Grande Roue
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A view of the Ferris wheel from the Chicago Exposition of 1893, turning slowly.
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- 2018

Chi-Town
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An underdog basketball player from Chicago goes on a meteoric rise to become one of the best college point guards in the nation. But while he pursues...
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- 2009

The Unusual Suspects: Once Upon A Time In House Music
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The Unusual Suspects: Once Upon a Time in House Music recounts the history and origins of the genre of dance music known as house. The documentary...
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- 1970

When She Flies
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A dorky college student falls for a free-spirited musician, and is faced with a decision—let her fly away to follow her dreams, or follow his...
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- 2010

Soaring Over America
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Created from public television's popular Over series, this is a tour unlike any other! Fly above landscapes and landmarks in Alaska; the Pacific...
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- 2025

In Pictures Did You Get It Right?
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A love letter to the first three months of the Coronavirus pandemic.
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- 1970

Admissions
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During a recruitment road trip across Illinois, two college admissions officers with opposing views of the system must confront the uneasy reality of...
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