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DOCumentaRy FILMS
Joe Frank
Somewhere Out There
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"Joe Frank - Somewhere Out There" explores the life of Joe Frank — an award-winning audio artist whose radio and online career spanned four decades. His highly produced shows were innovative, abstract, underground, autobiographical, surreal, funny, disturbing: thought-provoking meditations on the human condition. Starring Joe Frank, Harry Shearer, Ira Glass, David Cross, Grace Zabriskie, Alexander Payne, Larry Block, Debi Mae West, Ryan Cutrona, Laura Esterman, Tim Jerome, Larry Josephson, Terry Kinney, Arthur Miller, David Rapkin, and Lester Nafzger, among others.
84:00 * HD* Color
Chicago Filmmakers
on the Chicago River
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"Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River" rides the Windy City's famous waterway to uncover the creative minds behind Chicago's film scene — interviewed aboard a wild mix of watercraft, from speedboats and fireboats to canoes and pontoons. Starring Andrew Davis, Harold Ramis, John Landis, John McNaughton, Michael Mann, Steven A. Jones, Jerry Blumenthal, Gordon Quinn, Stuart Gordon, Haskell Wexler, Tom Palazzolo, Heather McAdams, Loretta Smith, Ross Marks, Louis Antonelli, Dann Gire, Ray Pride, Mayor Richard Daley, Gene Siskel, and Roger Ebert.
80:00 * DV * Color
Andrew Davis
John Landis
Haskell Wexler
Homeless '99
"Homeless '99" is an award-winning short documentary that lays bare one day in the life of a man panhandling on the streets of Chicago. Shot at Wicker Park's famed six-corner intersection, this tone poem follows Michael Baines — now a Streetwise vendor — as he navigates a community as raw and unpredictable as the street itself. Director of Photography is Greg Gricus. Music by Tom Radtke with Chip Ratliff on bass. Sound Deisign by Nick Ferrrri.
4:00 * DV to 35mm * Color
I Was There When The Blues Was Red Hot
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"I Was There When The Blues Was Red Hot" — inspired by Fernando Jones' book — brings the blues to life through the artists who lived it. Featuring legends Willie Dixon, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Rick Danko, Lefty Dizz, Big Daddy Kinsey, and Joe Walsh, the film passes the torch to a new generation carrying the tradition forward: Fernando Jones & My Band, The Kinsey Report, The Griff Band, and Shirli Dixon-Nelson, among others.
70:00 * 16mm * B&W