Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the members of “Jane” risked their personal and professional lives to support women with unwanted pregnancies. In the pre-Roe v. Wade era — a time when abortion was a crime in most states and even circulating information about abortion was a felony in Illinois — the Janes provided low-cost and free abortions to an estimated 11,000 women.

Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Amer...

Brazilian singer Maria Bethania has a 40-year singing career. A documentary shows her concerts and f...

Set in a speakeasy in Atlanta, “Twenty” is a feature documentary about fifteen young people making i...

This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboard...

A Dutch documentary about the history of the anarchist punk band Crass. The film features archival f...

In this thrilling documentary, indomitable women fight back against the nuclear industry to expose o...

Is the story of a generation of thieves who achieved their greatest victories in the sixties; their ...

In 1971, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE ceased to be part of Britain’s empire in the Middle East and bec...

The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults is a two-hour live American television special that was broadcast ...

Caged. Invisible. Shamed. Trapped. These words mark the tenants, clerks and even the owners of Chica...

In 1972, officer Frank Serpico exposes the corruption which poisons the roots of the NYPD and become...

Women have always sought ways to terminate unwanted pregnancies, despite powerful patriarchal struct...

A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman'...

The bleached palette and home-movie aesthetics of Super 8 footage provide the image track for this t...
Filmmaker Kevin McMahon accompanies the Haida delegation on a repatriation trip to Chicago in 2003. ...

Martinique Island, 1974. Inspired by the writings of the Martiniquais poet and politician Aimé Césai...

On Chicago's South and West sides, the scourge of guns and gangs is destroying countless lives. Taki...

Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.

Klaus Kinski has perhaps the most ferocious reputation of all screen actors: his volatility was docu...

When you listen to The Years, the debut studio recording from Urbanites, you're hearing a band in pr...