Chicago Media Project Movies
- 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.
- 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 includ...
- 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 design...
- 2019
The Apollo
The Apollo6.42019HD
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
- 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 1948, war broke o...
- 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 thri...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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 attend c...
- 2021
Paper & Glue
Paper & Glue8.52021HD
A documentary following JR's artwork giving a global voice to everyday people.
- 2024
Mistress Dispeller
Mistress Dispeller02024HD
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...
- 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 Con...
- 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 the Ro...
- 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 a...
- 2022
The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales
The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales6.32022HD
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...
- 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 suicide...
- 2018
The Feeling of Being Watched
The Feeling of Being Watched6.52018HD
Journalist Assia Boundaoui sets out to investigate long-brewing rumors that her quiet, predominantly Arab-American neighborhood was being monitored by...
- 2024
Lilith Fair
Lilith Fair02024HD
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...
- 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.