Chicago Media Project Movies
- 2017
Voyeur
Voyeur5.92017HD
Journalism icon Gay Talese reports on Gerald Foos, the Colorado motel owner who allegedly secretly watched his guests with the aid of specially...
- 2020
Athlete A
Athlete A7.62020HD
Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts.
- 2022
Tantura
Tantura7.72022HD
The tape-recorded words “erase it” take on new weight in the context of history and war. When the state of Israel was established in...
- 2015
Henry Gamble's Birthday Party
Henry Gamble's Birthday Party62015HD
Unfolding over the course of one very eventful day in his life, at 17-year-old preacher’s kid Henry's afternoon birthday pool party, the guests...
- 2024
Fly
Fly7.32024HD
Over seven years, three couples involved in the extreme sport of BASE jumping test the limits of love and life itself. Risking everything for the...
- 2023
Going Varsity in Mariachi
Going Varsity in Mariachi02023HD
A year in the life of an underdog competitive high school mariachi band in the Texas borderlands.
- 2018
Bathtubs Over Broadway
Bathtubs Over Broadway8.22018HD
When he started as a comedy writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, Steve Young had few interests and not many friends outside of his day job....
- 2020
A Concerto Is a Conversation
A Concerto Is a Conversation72020HD
A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney...
- 2017
Trophy
Trophy72017HD
This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex...
- 2019
The Apollo
The Apollo6.42019HD
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
- 2024
Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It
Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It02024HD
With his signature gospel sound on the Hammond B3, Billy Preston doublehandedly elevated the greatest artists of his time – from the Beatles to...
- 2021
Paper & Glue
Paper & Glue8.52021HD
A documentary following JR's artwork giving a global voice to everyday people.
- 2017
Step
Step7.4712017HD
The senior year of a girls’ high school step team in inner-city Baltimore is documented, as they try to become the first in their families to...
- 2017
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide8.62017HD
Traces the life and mental illness of New York artist and photographer Ruth Litoff, and her sister's struggle to come to terms with her tragic...
- 2017
The Blood Is at the Doorstep
The Blood Is at the Doorstep6.52017HD
After Dontre Hamilton, a black, unarmed man diagnosed with schizophrenia, was shot 14 times and killed by police in Milwaukee, his family embarks on...
- 1970
Lilith Fair
Lilith Fair01970HD
The documentary is inspired by the 2019 Vanity Fair article Building a Mystery: An Oral History of Lilith Fair, by writers Jessica Hopper, Sasha...
- 1970
The Empire of Ebony
The Empire of Ebony01970HD
A documentary film following the rise of Ebony and Jet and their growth into a brand with a readership base in the millions which has had an...
- 2020
Us Kids
Us Kids9.52020HD
Determined to turn unfathomable tragedy into action, the teenage survivors of Parkland, Florida catalyze a powerful, unprecedented youth movement...
- 2024
The Strike
The Strike02024HD
A generation of California men endure decades of solitary confinement and, against all odds, launch a protest to regain their freedom.
- 2018
16 Shots
16 Shots62018HD
Documentary examining the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the cover-up that ensued.