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- DirectorLiz MerminStarsRobin WrightMichele NorrisValerie JarrettExplore the life of Michelle Obama and how she carved out her own legacy while being an essential part of her husband's history-making presidency.
- DirectorDaniel AndriesStarsGeoffrey Baer
- DirectorJack GinayStarsGeoffrey Baer
- DirectorStanley NelsonStarsBlair AndersonOmar BarbourJulian BondThis documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.
- StarsMorgan FreemanThis program documents the migration of rural Southern blacks from the segregated South to Chicago. Cultural and political gains become offset by overcrowding and increasing ghettoization, as Northern politicians ignore resentment that explodes in the Sixties. Finally, Chicago gets its first African-American mayor; many families move out of the ghetto to middle-class success; many others remain mired in a growing "underclass". Includes historical footage and personal interviews. The program has three parts: (1) Take me to Chicago; (2) A dream deferred; (3) Strong men keep a-comin' on.
- DirectorScott PaddorStarsPaul SorvinoWilliam BalsamoJohn BinderA detailed history of the war between Chicago's North Side and South Side organized-crime gangs during the Prohibition era, leading up to the infamous "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre".
- DirectorMark Richard SmithStarsMadolyn Smith OsborneMark Richard SmithDocumentary about the revolutionary and brilliant Chicago architect Louis Sullivan (1856-1924); his rapid rise to fame, tragic decline, and the ultimate triumph of his creative spirit.
- DirectorJudith McBrienFew individuals have had more impact on the American city than architect and planner Daniel Hudson Burnham. In the midst of late nineteenth century urban disorder, Burnham offered a powerful vision of what a civilized American city could look like that provided a compelling framework for Americans to make sense of the world around them. He built some of the first skyscrapers in the world, directed construction of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition that inspired the City Beautiful Movement, and created urban plans for San Francisco, Washington, DC, Chicago, Cleveland and Manila all before the profession of urban planning existed. In fact, some say that he invented it. His work sought to reconcile things often thought opposite: the practical and the ideal, business and art, and capitalism and democracy. At the center of it all was the idea of a vibrant urban community.
- DirectorRasheed J. DanielStarsJamilah LemieuxBobby RushKing SamsonThe city that Oprah and President Obama call home has become marred by murder. In response to its staggering homicide rate, locals have coined it "Chiraq" (a hybrid of Chicago and Iraq). In 2012, Chicago averaged 42 homicides per month with nearly 70% of deaths caused by guns. Gunland begs the question, "Why Chicago?" Most would believe that hip-hop and its glorification of violence, guns and carnage is to blame for Chicago's gun-toting culture; however, this film goes beyond the headlines & stereotypes to discover that much more lies beneath the surface. The documentary attempts to discover the real reasons behind why young men and women of color are dying at the hands of their peers. Chicago sits directly in the cross hairs of a $30 billion dollar drug trade. Half of all narcotics that enter the U.S. from Mexico can be traced back to the Sinaloa Cartel whose leader, "Jaoquin "El Chapo" Guzman calls Chicago his home. Last year Chicago's crime commission named Guzman "Public Enemy No. 1" and said his gang supplied most of the city's illicit drugs. As the saying goes where there is smoke there is fire and where there are drugs there must be guns. The documentary exposes similar contributing factors such as the connection between drug cartels & gun trafficking, discriminatory gun legislation, police involvement, unemployment and systemic issues within African-American culture to discuss how guns have become so readily available in The Windy City. Through revealing interviews with gang members, activists, investigators & families of gun violence victims, Gunland looks to restore hope and examine solutions.
- DirectorBarbara E. AllenDaniel AndriesStarsMargaret BurroughsJerry ButlerJerry ButlerDuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis tells the history of Chicago's African-American community as never before, through the voices of its leading citizens, scholars, artists, politicians, and business leaders.
- 2011–201222mTV-147.5 (13)TV EpisodeDirectorAmber EngelmannStarsBrian UngerRicky GonzalezShane CoplandBattles over access to lakefront property have made the Great Lakes region the most contested land on the entire map, and even pushed the states to a border war.
- 2011–201244mTV-148.1 (41)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid KonschnikStarsBrian UngerTravis WallbaumSeth SteinThe history of transportation hidden in the lines of the map. From canals to trains and cars, how getting around helped draw the American map. Why Chicago could have been in Wisconsin; why states out West or so big and boxy; and why we almost had a state called Forgottonia.
- DirectorJohn DaviesStarsBill KurtisValerie Van HeestA City at War: Chicago is a "warts and all" telling of nearly everything that happened in Chicagoland during World War II, when the city was transformed into a well-oiled production machine, with every man, woman, and child contributing to the war effort. A City at War: Chicago also explores how the relationship between President Roosevelt and Chicago Mayor Ed Kelly helped win the war.
- 2006–TV EpisodeDirectorBradley GuideraStarsKenneth ClarkeJoseph GustaitisIn Chicago Transformed, Joseph Gustaitis recounts how World War I changed Chicago and how the city helped shape the history of World War I.
- DirectorJonathan Chase CookThe 1893 Chicago World's Fair was the most influential world's fair in history. It introduced America and the world to dazzling technologies and ideas. It was the fair that changed the world!
- DirectorMark BusslerStarsClaire LittonGene WilderNarrated by Gene Wilder ("Young Frankenstein", "Blazing Saddles" and "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"), "EXPO - Magic of the White City" brings the Chicago World's Fair to life. Experience the world of 1893 through a cinematic visit to Chicago's Columbian Exposition. Many of the world's greatest achievements in science, technology and culture are unveiled there. In addition, fairgoers enjoy the popular and commercially successful Midway Plaisance where the festive atmosphere of this one-mile entertainment center offers an array of guilty pleasures such as belly dancing, street fighting and beer. Nearly 28 million visit the Fair. Dubbed the "White City," it inspires future innovators like Henry Ford and Frank Lloyd Wright, debuts the Ferris Wheel and Cracker Jack, and, in many ways, marks the beginning of the 20th century. Filmed in High-Definition, "EXPO - Magic of the White City" immerses viewers in one of the world's biggest extravaganzas and one of the most unforgettable events in American history. There will never be another event like it...or will there?
- DirectorAustin HoytPatricia Garcia RiosStarsDavid Ogden Stiers
- DirectorAustin HoytPatricia Garcia RiosStarsDavid Ogden Stiers
- DirectorAustin HoytPatricia Garcia RiosStarsDavid Ogden StiersEric Bruno BorgmanTells how in just 60 years Chicago grew from a remote, swampy frontier town into one of the most explosively alive cities in the world.
- DirectorSteve JamesStarsWilliam GatesArthur AgeeEmma GatesA film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.
- DirectorBrett MorgenStarsJeffrey WrightNick NolteRoy ScheiderArchival footage, animation, and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
- DirectorSteve JamesStarsTio HardimanAmeena MatthewsToya BateyA year in the life of a city grappling with urban violence.
- DirectorHoward AlkStarsSkip AndrewEdward CarmodyJames DavisA chronicle of Fred Hampton's revolutionary leadership of the Illinois Black Panther Party, followed by an investigation into his assassination at the hands of the Chicago Police Department.
- StarsGeoffrey Baer
- DirectorPinchas PerryStarsGary ColeSteven CulpPhilip Baker HallEight anti-war protesters go on trial for conspiring to cause riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- CreatorMichael GarrisonStarsRobert ConradRoss MartinDick CangeyTwo Secret Service agents, equipped with a wide array of gizmos, work for the government in the Old West.