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- "Easy Abby" is a web series about the anxieties, assumptions, and passive-aggressions of romance as seen through the eyes of Abby, a chronic seducer with an anxiety disorder who's just trying to get by. Shot in Chicago, it features flawed, charming, sometimes-neurotic characters. It's as much about the awkward as it is about the sexy. From writer/director Wendy Jo Carlton, who just released her award-winning feature film "Jamie and Jessie are Not Together".
- During a third-grade lesson on the civil rights movement and Rosa Parks, a Latino boy raises his hand to ask, "Where did we sit on the bus?" - and his teacher can't answer the question.
- After the season is canceled in 2020, fictional Super-Fans of the Ravinia Festival outdoor concert venue in Chicago hilariously line up a year in advance to be first in line for Ravinia's 2021 season.
- A "first person perspective" short film where the audience goes on one last tour of the old Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep school in Waukegan, IL.
- Death and Santa Claus are friends from way back, as anyone might imagine. They meet at the local bar one day where Santa asks Death to do him a small favor and please bump off Mrs. Claus, of whom he's grown quite tired. Death is reluctant to do so however, because he's having an affair with her.
- A seemingly normal gathering before a dinner party grows increasingly awkward as more friends arrive to celebrate the engagement of JJ and George. Things culminate in a shocking round of present-giving before a big announcement.
- An intense pressure cooker drama that explores the roots and results of physical abuse as it relates to two lesbian couples.
- A 30-year retrospective of the Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund as told by three recipients of DMSF's generosity over the years - part documentary, part "visual poem."
- Follow two high school students, Sam and Kala, through a typical day as they navigate work and school in an effort to achieve their dreams as they prepare for college applications.
- 'Nothing to See/Hear', a dance for the camera, is a love story about two women and their unraveling relationship. As the hostile couple poses in a portrait studio, each person reflects on the intimacy that once was. Set to the bittersweet track 'A True Story of a Story of True Love by the Books'.
- A "day in the life" of Cal's Angel's as it wages "W.A.R." against pediatric cancer and one family's story about coming home from the hospital after the death of their young daughter with only her pair of pink boots.
- An Emmy-nominated public/current affairs program documenting and honoring the history of Lakeside. This film examines the six hundred acres of undeveloped land on the south side of Chicago that was once home to US Steel's mighty South Works steel plant and makes the case for why Lakeside is an ideal site for the Barack Obama Presidential Library. Although it was ultimately decided to build the Library on the campus of the University of Chicago, Lakeside remains an impressive parcel of land and was a serious contender. It was in the South Shore neighborhood around the former steel mill where a young Barack Obama first worked in Chicago as a community organizer and is where he launched his political career. Lakeside is being developed as a brand new residential, commercial, and industrial "second downtown" for the City of Chicago and is a multi-decades-long and ever-evolving endeavor.
- A two-time Emmy-nominated short documentary about Cal's Angels, a non-profit, and its many programs that help kids fighting cancer in and around the Chicagoland area.
- An Emmy-nominated informative commercial introducing a new, statewide, education initiative from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation and the Illinois School Board of Education.
- This collection of shorts have been produced by ICMA and the Life, Well Run initiative to show raise awareness of professional local government management in America's community. They provide insight into the work of professional local government managers and the relationships between said managers and the elected officials and communities they serve. The first season was filmed in the Life, Well Run pilot communities of Seguin and San Antonio, TX. The Second season was filmed across Lake County, IL, and a few other locations around the country.
- Highlights from Nathalie Joachim's debut solo album, Fanm d'Ayiti (which translates to "Women of Haiti"). Joachim explores her Haitian heritage and celebrates the songs and stories of some of Haiti's most iconic yet under-recognized female artists. The songs on Fanm d'Ayiti were all written or arranged by Joachim and feature her performing on vocals, flute, and electronics alongside the multi-Grammy-nominated string ensemble the Spektral Quartet.
- Shot in stunning 2k and featuring members of the Emmy award-winning Chicago sketch comedy troupe, The Comic Thread (also Best Group: LA Comedy Fest; Audience Choice: Chicago Fringe Fest), this short answers the burning question 'What really happens when the sun sets in Amish country?'
- This short documentary explores how Cristo Rey St. Martin - a Catholic college-prep high school with a unique premise - is making a huge difference in one of the poorest cities in the state - seven miles away from one of the wealthiest.
- Affy Tapple is a classic Chicago brand. This fun Emmy-nominated short (featuring their inflatable mascot, some of their staff, and members of The Comic Thread sketch troupe) was produced for their 2014 National Caramel Month giveaway.
- Join 2015 Chicago/Midwest Emmy host (and local celebrity/stand-up comedian) Pat Tomasulo as he takes to the streets in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood to see just how (not) excited residents were for the 57th annual regional awards.
- A progressive order of nuns shares their story in their own voices in this beautifully filmed "visual poem."
- Cal's Angels is a St. Charles, IL, 501(c)(3) pediatric cancer foundation with a mission of granting Wishes, raising Awareness and funding Research (W.A.R.) to help kids fighting cancer.
- A group of volunteers formed the Women's Board of Ravinia Festival (the oldest outdoor music venue in America) in 1962. Over the next five decades, they became the largest donor to the not-for-profit festival, donating more than $25 million to help keep classical music alive. Along the way, they started Ravinia's acclaimed REACH*TEACH*PLAY education outreach programs with Artists in the Classroom, Teacher Training, and the creation of several "El Sistema" style student orchestras. To find out more about this dynamic group of volunteers, now celebrating their 50th anniversary.
- A promo for a classical music album that will never be heard the same way twice. A "Choose Your Own Adventure" style experience combining card games and music.