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1) Hoop dreams
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Criterion collection volume 289
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English
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Follows the high school careers of two young, African-American men from inner-city Chicago as they pursue their dream of playing professional basketball.
3) City so real
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Academy Award nominated filmmaker Steve James' fascinating and complex portrait of contemporary Chicago delivers a deep, multifaceted look into the soul of a quintessentially American city, set against the backdrop of its history-making 2019 mayoral election, and the tumultuous 2020 summer of COVID-19 and social upheaval following the police killing of George Floyd.
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"Travel through Chicago's past and present with Geoffrey Baer and his amazing time machine! Providing a deeper look at some of the incredible moments that changed history, witness the events that make the everyday in our city, truly extraordinary. Explore a former World War II bomber engine factory that's now a shopping mall, a Negro League ballpark where the Dan Ryan Expressway stands today, the resting place of a giant prehistoric creature under...
5) Hoop dreams
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Criterion collection volume 289
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English
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This documentary follows two inner-city basketball phenoms' lives through high school as they chase their dreams of playing in the NBA.
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English
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The 1960s was defined by a common effort to fight against injustice. Mike Gray, a Chicago filmmaker, used his camera to document the politics of the streets from the riots in the social upheaval, to the rising of two prolific groups fighting prejudice.
"Captures the social upheaval that followed the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. From the riots that followed, two disparate groups, the Black Panthers and the Young Patriots (a group...
8) The road up
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Four people participate at Cara, a Chicago job-training program, as they seek to make the long journey from rock bottom to stable employment. Throughout, they are guided by their mentor, Mr. Jesse, whose own past drives him to help others.
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Chicago's West Side epitomizes the violent, struggling city we see daily in the media. It peels back the layers, exposing the deep-seated segregation, food insecurity, and mass incarceration that continue to shape these predominantly Black neighborhoods. Following the harrowing, yet frequently inspiring plight of ex-offenders, social activists, and entrepreneurs working on the West Side, we witness the fierce tenacity required to change the narrative...
10) Underworld
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George Bancroft plays heavy Bull Weed, a criminal kingpin whose jealous devotion to his moll, Feathers, gets him into hot water with a rival hood and, ultimately, the authorities.
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WTTW tells the dramatic story of a defining and prescient moment in Chicago history -- the Great Fire of 1871 -- when Chicagoans faced destruction, rebuilt, and prepared the city for a thriving future. The story unfolds through the eyes of people who lived through the fire, including Chicago Tribune publisher William Bross, Mayor Roswell B. Mason, a heroic Board of Trade custodian (and former slave) Joseph Hudlin, and a successful businesswoman named...
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"For 70 years, on 70 acres stood a Chicago public housing community known as Cabrini Green. Home to thousands, misunderstood by millions, Cabrini Green once towered over Chicago's most valuable neighborhoods. A looming reminder of inequality and poverty, Cabrini's high-rises were demolished and an African-American community cleared to make room for another social experiment: mixed-income neighborhoods. 70 acres in Chicago documents this upheaval,...
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