Real Music from Chicago

Real Music From Chicago is an independently produced and distributed television series featuring live musical performances by artists from the Chicago area. The artists featured include Umphrey's McGee, Jeff Tweedy, Poi Dog Pondering, Liquid Soul, Robbie Fulks, Mr. Blotto and many others. In 2007 the series aired in four different Nielsen DMA...

Great Music from Chicago

Chicago: My Block My Responsibility / 2014

he film deals with transformation in the African American community. With all the violence going on in Chicago, we (my dad and I) documented a proven solution to end violence in Chicago and in African American/Latino communities across the country. We took one of Chicago most violent and popular drug spots and flipped it in 6 weeks into a productive and peaceful community. People everywhere is asking whats the solution to the violence and police brutality? Where here it is.

Barry Brewer: Chicago, I'm Home / 2019

Taped in front of two sold out crowds at the Studebaker Theater in his hometown of Chicago; this stand up comedy special is the culmination of Barry’s real life experiences interwoven with over fifteen years as a stand up comic.

Love and Action in Chicago / 1999

Just when covert assassin Eddie Jones decides to ditch his dangerous job to settle down with his girlfriend, his superiors convince him to kill a renegade drug cartel hit man -- leading to nothing but trouble. Complicating matters is Eddie's vow of celibacy and the fact that Lois is unaware of his murderous lifestyle.

South Chicago Home Movie / 1926

This 16mm home movie film depicts the leisure activities of an affluent family on Chicago's south side. Scenes include a grandiose building that is the Edgewater Beach Hotel and a football game at University of Chicago.

Chicago /

Investigates the psychology, architecture and aesthetic of the American city. When Mies van der Rohe emigrated to America in 1938, with the help of Philip Johnson, he created an image of America. Continuing to play with duality of place, Morris' Chicago is tandem with Points on a Line, shifting the lens to a panorama of the American city in transition.

Chicago / 1979

Positive and negative images are combined to evoke the Windy City in springtime.

The Cure: Live in Chicago / 2013

The Cure wrapped up its short “Great Circle Tour” with a headlining performance at the Lollapalzooza festival in Chicago on Sunday August 4, 2013. They delivered a 2-hour, 26-song set — and for Robert Smith and Co., that’s a pretty gig — heavy on the band’s more poppy material. Setlist: 1. “Plainsong” 2. “Pictures of You” 3. “Lullaby” 4. “High” 5. “The End of the World” 6. “Lovesong” 7. “In Between Days” 8. “Just Like Heaven” 9. “From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea” 10. “The Walk” 11. “Mint Car” 12. “Friday I’m in Love” 13. “Doing the Unstuck” 14. “Trust” 15. “Want” 16. “Fascination Street” 17. “The Hungry Ghost” 18. “Wrong Number” 19. “One Hundred Years” 20. “Disintegration” 21. “The Lovecats” 22. “The Caterpillar” 23. “Close to Me” 24, “Let’s Go to Bed” 25. “Why Can’t I Be You?” 26. “Boys Don’t Cry”

Umphrey's McGee: Wrapped Around Chicago / 2004

The band’s second DVD release Wrapped Around Chicago; New Year’s at the Riv, was filmed in their hometown on December 31, 2004 at the Riviera Theatre. The two-disc set offers three hours of performance and over an hour of bonus material. Expect jaw-dropping performances and a front row view of the band’s unique musical rapport during live shows, plus irreverent humor, madness, and serious nonsense…after all, this is Umphrey’s McGee.

Billy Gardell Presents Road Dogs: Chicago / 2014

In an all-new comedy special, taped live in Chicago, Billy Gardell presents Danny Bevins, Andi Smith and Uncle Larry Reeb - three stand-up comedy veterans who have earned the right to be called Road Dogs.

Radiohead | Live at the Chicago Metro / 1996

Radiohead performance in the transitionary tour between The Bends and OK Computer at the Chicago Metro, April 1996.

Angels Of Chicago /

In the streets of Chicago, the main character grapples with what it means to see and feel, intertwines a journey with a woman, and is haunted by a dark shade.

Southwest Suburbs: Birthplace of Chicago / 2007

It's a part of Chicago that's full of surprises. It's home to a 28-square-mile forest with a rock canyon. It's where one of the Blues Brothers did time (along with thousands of other real-life convicts). And it's the setting for Chicago's most famous ghost story. It's home to major league soccer and minor league baseball. Chicago's largest Arab and Ghanaian communities are here. It's also home to a bustling industrial canal where salty mariners navigate a Panama Canal-sized lock past a hundred-year-old hydroelectric dam. This modern waterway follows the path of a 19th century canal that first connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi. That earlier canal transformed Chicago from an isolated trading post on the edge of the American frontier into the fastest-growing city in the history of the world.

A City at War: Chicago / 2017

A 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.

ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Chicago / 2017

Global Wars Chicago was a professional wrestling event co-produced by the American Ring of Honor (ROH) and Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotions. The event took place on October 15 at Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, Illinois. The main event of the evening was the Bullet Club (ROH World Champion Cody & ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champions Adam Page & The Young Bucks) vs. Search and Destroy (ROH World Tag Team Champions Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin), Jonathan Gresham, & Jay White. "The Cleaner" Kenny Omega defended his IWGP United States championship against NJPW star YOSHI-HASHI and "The Villain" Marty Scurll took on Hiromu Takahashi.

Three Dog Night: Soundstage Chicago / 1975

Three Dog Night on Soundstage, Chicago in 1975. Setlist: One-- The Family Of Man-- Shambala-- An Old Fashion Love Song-- 'Till The World Ends-- Try A Little Tenderness-- Pianola Rag-- Pieces Of April-- Eli's Coming-- Celebrate-- The Show Must Go On-- Joy To The World

Metallica: Allstate Arena, Chicago, IL / 2009

This was the 29th time that Metallica has performed in Chicago and the surrounding areas in Northeastern Illinois and the second of two shows at Allstate Arena on the current World Magnetic Tour.

Chicago, April 27th (Newsreel #13) / 1968

The Chicago police force, getting in shape for the violence of August, tests its cubs and mace against unsuspecting anti-war marchers. Made by Chicago Newsreel.

Chicago Stories: The Union Stockyards / 2022

At the end of the 19th century, Chicago completely transformed the way Americans eat, and the Union Stockyards on the South Side were the center of that revolution. Experience the sights, sounds, and awful smells of the Union Stockyards and the complex of meat factories next to it, known as Packingtown. (Part of the Chicago Stories series on PBS)