Chicago Illinois Movies
- 2021
¿Que Haces Aqui? A Documentary About Karen
¿Que Haces Aqui? A Documentary About Karen02021HD
Can flipping through the channels change your life? For Karen, a former prosecutor living in Chicago, her world changed forever when she accidentally...
- 1970
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter01970HD
Julia Reyes, the precocious and strong-willed teenage daughter of first-generation Mexican immigrants, dreams of becoming a famous writer far away...
- 2010
Soaring Over America
Soaring Over America02010HD
Created from public television's popular Over series, this is a tour unlike any other! Fly above landscapes and landmarks in Alaska; the Pacific...
- 2011
Smashing Pumpkins - Live at the Metro 1993
Smashing Pumpkins - Live at the Metro 199302011HD
Smashing Pumpkins play for their hometown in this DVD extra that is included with the remastered Siamese Dream reissue deluxe CD.
- 1938
The Spider and the Fly
The Spider and the Fly81938HD
Few amateur films with sound were produced in the 1930s and fewer remain extant. A charming artifact that demonstrates the expressive possibilities...
- 1970
8 Flags for 99¢
8 Flags for 99¢5.11970HD
A short documentary that explores a blue-collar community’s growing unease with the Vietnam War. It was produced in response to President...
- 1979
Ed Kelly and the Fighting 47th
Ed Kelly and the Fighting 47th01979HD
An investigative documentary that focuses on political activities in the 47th Ward of Chicago and on the relationship between party politics and the...
- 1974
Winnie Wright, Age 11
Winnie Wright, Age 116.51974HD
Winnie, the daughter of a steel worker and a teacher, lives in Gage Park, a Chicago neighborhood that is changing from white to black. Her family...
- 1997
Out of the Loop
Out of the Loop101997HD
A feature-length documentary on the 1990s Chicago rock scene.
- 1964
Nightsong
Nightsong01964HD
A portrait of the Chicago Near-North nightlife scene in the mid-1960s, centering around the struggles and romantic desires of an African American...
- 2023
Designer’s Game
Designer’s Game02023HD
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...
- 2012
Benji
Benji7.82012HD
Documentary about Ben Wilson, a good-natured and beloved teenage basketball phenom from Chicago's South Side whose life was tragically cut short by...
- 2009
Detroit Mob Confidential
Detroit Mob Confidential02009HD
Detroit Mob Confidential explores the history of Detroit's La Cosa Nostra Family, which, in many ways, is the most successful crime family in the...
- 2014
Reckless Serenade
Reckless Serenade02014HD
Seeking quite in the park, a young songwriter runs into three familiar strangers with some bad news.
- 2023
United in Grief
United in Grief02023HD
Suffering debilitating grief from the passing of his best friend who introduced him to the world of dance, Derrick must confront a monster that seeks...
- 2021
Conversations Between Shifts
Conversations Between Shifts02021HD
A portrait of Chicagoland ICU nurse Jeanette Alvarez-Basem captured through the perspective of her son Ben Basem. Between her night shifts and...
- 2023
Cottage Grove
Cottage Grove02023HD
A young man struggles to communicate with his stroke-afflicted father, and at the same time, stay true to himself.
- 2017
Sickened No More: Documenting the Life and Death of Weekend Nachos
Sickened No More: Documenting the Life and Death of Weekend Nachos102017HD
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,...
- 1948
Night Life in Chicago
Night Life in Chicago61948HD
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...
- 1964
City
City4.51964HD
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...