Chicago Media Project Movies

  • 2017
    Voyeur

    Voyeur

    Voyeur

    5.92017HD

    Journalism icon Gay Talese reports on Gerald Foos, the Colorado motel owner who allegedly secretly watched his guests with the aid of specially design...

    Voyeur
  • 2020
    Athlete A

    Athlete A

    Athlete A

    7.62020HD

    Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts.

    Athlete A
  • 2024
    Fly

    Fly

    Fly

    72024HD

    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 thri...

    Fly
  • 2020
    A Concerto Is a Conversation

    A Concerto Is a Conversation

    A Concerto Is a Conversation

    72020HD

    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 Con...

    A Concerto Is a Conversation
  • 2023
    Going Varsity in Mariachi

    Going Varsity in Mariachi

    Going Varsity in Mariachi

    02023HD

    A year in the life of an underdog competitive high school mariachi band in the Texas borderlands.

    Going Varsity in Mariachi
  • 2015
    Henry Gamble's Birthday Party

    Henry Gamble's Birthday Party

    Henry Gamble's Birthday Party

    62015HD

    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 includ...

    Henry Gamble's Birthday Party
  • 2019
    The Apollo

    The Apollo

    The Apollo

    6.32019HD

    The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

    The Apollo
  • 2017
    Step

    Step

    Step

    7.4712017HD

    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 attend c...

    Step
  • 2017
    32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide

    32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide

    32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide

    8.6252017HD

    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 suicide...

    32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
  • 2022
    Tantura

    Tantura

    Tantura

    7.72022HD

    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 1948, war broke o...

    Tantura
  • 2017
    Trophy

    Trophy

    Trophy

    72017HD

    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...

    Trophy
  • 2018
    Bathtubs Over Broadway

    Bathtubs Over Broadway

    Bathtubs Over Broadway

    8.22018HD

    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....

    Bathtubs Over Broadway
  • 2021
    Paper & Glue

    Paper & Glue

    Paper & Glue

    8.52021HD

    A documentary following JR's artwork giving a global voice to everyday people.

    Paper & Glue
  • 2017
    The Blood Is at the Doorstep

    The Blood Is at the Doorstep

    The Blood Is at the Doorstep

    6.52017HD

    After Dontre Hamilton, a black, unarmed man diagnosed with schizophrenia, was shot 14 times and killed by police in Milwaukee, his family embarks on a...

    The Blood Is at the Doorstep
  • 2022
    The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales

    The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales

    The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales

    6.32022HD

    Abigail Disney looks at America's dysfunctional and unequal economy and asks why the American Dream has worked for the wealthy, yet is a nightmare for...

    The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales
  • 2020
    Us Kids

    Us Kids

    Us Kids

    9.52020HD

    Determined to turn unfathomable tragedy into action, the teenage survivors of Parkland, Florida catalyze a powerful, unprecedented youth movement that...

    Us Kids
  • 2018
    The Feeling of Being Watched

    The Feeling of Being Watched

    The Feeling of Being Watched

    6.52018HD

    Journalist Assia Boundaoui sets out to investigate long-brewing rumors that her quiet, predominantly Arab-American neighborhood was being monitored by...

    The Feeling of Being Watched
  • 2024
    Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It

    Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It

    Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It

    02024HD

    With his signature gospel sound on the Hammond B3, Billy Preston doublehandedly elevated the greatest artists of his time – from the Beatles to the Ro...

    Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It
  • 2024
    Lilith Fair

    Lilith Fair

    Lilith Fair

    02024HD

    The documentary is inspired by the 2019 Vanity Fair article Building a Mystery: An Oral History of Lilith Fair, by writers Jessica Hopper, Sasha Geffe...

    Lilith Fair
  • 2024
    Mistress Dispeller

    Mistress Dispeller

    Mistress Dispeller

    02024HD

    Teacher Wang works as a 'mistress dispeller' in China, hired to break up affairs by any means necessary. Through one of her cases, we explore the ways...

    Mistress Dispeller