Memories and home movies of numerous Chicagoans bring the 1940s and '50s alive, from early Chicago television to the patriotic spirit of the war years when everyone pulled together.
Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who wer...
Through never-been-seen-before footage and fascinating interviews with key members of the 1985 Chica...
Janet Flanders is a small-town, unsophisticated young woman who is seduced by the fantasy of romanti...
TMB (The Merry Band of time travelers) made their first appearance in the 2019 book The Mystery of T...
Filmmaker Judith Helfand's searing investigation into the politics of “disaster” – by way of the dea...
Cicely Tyson was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Actress for her portrait of a Chicago schoolteacher w...
Currently all the rage with hipsters worldwide, Chicago Juke music has roots that run deep. The film...
Former First Lady Michelle Obama's story has just begun. The Obamas have remained quite busy with th...
In 1985, the Chicago Bears were headed for the Super Bowl for the first time in more than 20 years. ...
Few amateur films with sound were produced in the 1930s and fewer remain extant. A charming artifact...
In this special documentary that inspired a two-season television series, scientists and other exper...
From the front lines of the bankrupt Chicago Tribune, to the vibrant local online publishing and sta...
In order to assassinate the inquisitive Belgian reporter Tintin, the evil gangster Al Capone orders ...
The story of Catholic iconoclast Michael Pfleger who made it his mission to transform the drug ravag...
While gun violence was on the decline in most major US cities, why did it continue to increase in Ch...
Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each wa...
Summaries "The John Wayne Gacy Murders: Life and Death in Chicago", Focuses on serial killer John W...
When you listen to The Years, the debut studio recording from Urbanites, you're hearing a band in pr...
30 years in the making, the film Jan Terri: No Rules tells the story of an irrepressible, and often ...
On Chicago's South and West sides, the scourge of guns and gangs is destroying countless lives. Taki...