Filmmaker Judith Helfand's searing investigation into the politics of “disaster” – by way of the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave, in which 739 residents perished (mostly Black and living in the city’s poorest neighborhoods).
In 2004 a group of friends took the stage at a small coffee house in Dekalb Illinois with the sole p...
Chicago comics talk about the trials and tribulations of developing their acts in the Windy City.
Every year, millions of Americans are incarcerated before even being convicted of a crime - all beca...
In the lush depths of the rainforest, Vilma and Andrés find themselves gripped by an eerie premoniti...
Mike Veeck, son of MLB franchise owner Bill Veeck, blows up his father's career. Exiled from the gam...
A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restor...
January, 1947. The public receives the news of Al Capone's death with indifference, although twenty ...
In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens leveled 230 square miles, sent 540 million tons of ash and...
Nashville Rises is the first documentary film about the city of Nashville, Tennessee's response to t...
An experimental short film about the Earthquake, that is still ongoing in Turkey.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama's story has just begun. The Obamas have remained quite busy with th...
Summaries "The John Wayne Gacy Murders: Life and Death in Chicago", Focuses on serial killer John W...
Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who wer...
This one-hour documentary film tells the story of "Storm of the Century: The Blizzard of '49" - the ...
A never before seen look at the meteoric rise of Derrick Rose, the young Chicago superstar that was ...
Global warming in context. What the climate of the past tells us about the climate of the future.
Through never-been-seen-before footage and fascinating interviews with key members of the 1985 Chica...
Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each wa...
The story of the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami as told through news footage and...
Jim Geiger, a retired forest ranger and amateur mountaineer, attempts to become the oldest American ...