Movies: Chicago Media Project
- 2020
Athlete A (2020)
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Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts....
- 2015
Henry Gamble's Birthday Party (2015)
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Unfolding over the course of one very eventful day in his life, at 17-year-old preacher’s kid Henry's afternoon birthday pool party, the guests include an assortment of grown-ups from the family church, as well as Henry’s secular and religious teen f...
- 2017
Voyeur (2017)
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Journalism icon Gay Talese reports on Gerald Foos, the Colorado motel owner who allegedly secretly watched his guests with the aid of specially designed ceiling vents, peering down from an "observation platform" he built in the motel's attic....
- 2022
Tantura (2022)
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The tape-recorded words “erase it” take on new weight in the context of history and war. When the state of Israel was established in 1948, war broke out and hundreds of Palestinian villages were depopulated in its aftermath. Israelis know this as the...
- 2024
Fly (2024)
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Over seven years, three couples involved in the extreme sport of BASE jumping test the limits of love and life itself. Risking everything for the thrill of the jump, their dedication is put to the ultimate test....
- 2023
Going Varsity in Mariachi (2023)
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A year in the life of an underdog competitive high school mariachi band in the Texas borderlands....
- 2018
Bathtubs Over Broadway (2018)
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When he started as a comedy writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, Steve Young had few interests and not many friends outside of his day job. But while gathering material for a segment on the show, Steve stumbled onto a few vintage record alb...
- 2017
Trophy (2017)
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This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex consequences of treating animals as commodities....
- 2020
A Concerto Is a Conversation (2020)
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A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall....
- 2021
Paper & Glue (2021)
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A documentary following JR's artwork giving a global voice to everyday people....
- 2019
The Apollo (2019)
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The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment....
- 2017
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide (2017)
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Traces the life and mental illness of New York artist and photographer Ruth Litoff, and her sister's struggle to come to terms with her tragic suicide....
- 2024
Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It (2024)
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With his signature gospel sound on the Hammond B3, Billy Preston doublehandedly elevated the greatest artists of his time – from the Beatles to the Rolling Stones, from Aretha Franklin to Eric Clapton, from Ray Charles to Barbra Streisand to Sly and ...
- 2018
16 Shots (2018)
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Documentary examining the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the cover-up that ensued....
- 2017
Step (2017)
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The senior year of a girls’ high school step team in inner-city Baltimore is documented, as they try to become the first in their families to attend college. The girls strive to make their dancing a success against the backdrop of social unrest in th...
- 2018
The Feeling of Being Watched (2018)
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Journalist Assia Boundaoui sets out to investigate long-brewing rumors that her quiet, predominantly Arab-American neighborhood was being monitored by the FBI....
- 1969
Lilith Fair (1969)
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The documentary is inspired by the 2019 Vanity Fair article Building a Mystery: An Oral History of Lilith Fair, by writers Jessica Hopper, Sasha Geffen and Jenn Pelly. And it draws on more than 600 hours of never-before-seen archival footage, intervi...
- 2017
The Blood Is at the Doorstep (2017)
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After Dontre Hamilton, a black, unarmed man diagnosed with schizophrenia, was shot 14 times and killed by police in Milwaukee, his family embarks on a quest for answers, justice and reform as the investigation unfolds....
- 2024
Mistress Dispeller (2024)
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Teacher Wang works as a 'mistress dispeller' in China, hired to break up affairs by any means necessary. Through one of her cases, we explore the ways class, capital, and culture collide to shape romantic relationships in contemporary China....
- 2024
The Strike (2024)
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A generation of California men endure decades of solitary confinement and, against all odds, launch a protest to regain their freedom....