Chicago Illinois Movies

Footage of the Chicago fire department in the 1890s.

A tour de force exercise in optical printing shot in the Chicago Loop

An investigative documentary that focuses on political activities in the 47th Ward of Chicago and on the relationship between party politics and the...

The story of Catholic iconoclast Michael Pfleger who made it his mission to transform the drug ravaged south side Chicago community surrounding his...

Documentary about Ben Wilson, a good-natured and beloved teenage basketball phenom from Chicago's South Side whose life was tragically cut short by...

A short comedic feature film comprised of three vignettes corresponding to the beginning, middle and end stages of a relationship.

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,...

An experimental documentary about the street drag racing scene on Chicago’s Near West Side. This is a rambling, textured film about obsession....

In Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, the Vida/Sida Cacica Pageant brings together members of the Puerto Rican community to celebrate its...

In 2001, sisters Diamond and Tionda Bradley vanish from their Chicago apartment. Twenty-two years later, Detective Pam Childs gains access to the...

Often overshadowed by the stars of the New York scene, Chicago punk gets its day in the limelight in this raw documentary that captures the...

A Chicago community puts their lives in danger to seek peace and salvation.

Discover the rise and fall of the legendary department store Marshall Field’s.

A short documentary that explores a blue-collar community’s growing unease with the Vietnam War. It was produced in response to President...

Bloodied But Unbowed chronicles Bloodshot Records' 12 years (and counting) in the trenches of independent music. It's a world where it's easier to...

The story of Adam and Eve is told through stop-motion paper cut-outs.

Everyone in the town of Yuletide, Arizona celebrates Christmas year-round. Everyone, that is, except town scrooge Penelope Roche Duplossier. But when...

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...

Julia Reyes, the precocious and strong-willed teenage daughter of first-generation Mexican immigrants, dreams of becoming a famous writer far away...

An ecstatic exploration of a Chicago parking garage