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  • 1988
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    Eight Men Out

    Eight Men Out

    6.921 1988 HD

    Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Cusack

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  • 1982
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    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time

    7.2 1982 HD

    Documentary about the blacklisted folk group The Weavers, and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ronnie Gilbert

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  • 1984
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    The Dollmaker

    The Dollmaker

    7.5 1984 HD

    During World War II, hard-luck farmer Colvis Nevels leaves his rural Kentucky home to take a factory job in bustling Detroit. Reluctantly...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jane Fonda

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  • 1997
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    The Big One

    The Big One

    6.7 1997 HD

    The Big One is an investigative documentary from director Michael Moore who goes around the country asking why big American corporations produce...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Michael Moore

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  • 2021
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    Algren

    Algren

    6 2021 HD

    Algren will spotlight the hard-knock life and authentic creative legacy of one of the most underrated writers of the twentieth century, Nelson...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Nelson Algren

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  • 1985
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    Studs Terkel's Chicago

    Studs Terkel's Chicago

    0 1985 HD

    This documentary features acclaimed Chicagoan broadcaster and Pulitzer Prize winner Studs Terkel talking about the value of oral history and the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Studs Terkel

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  • 2006
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    Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street

    Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street

    0 2006 HD

    This 90 minute, 3-act documentary details the rise & fall of Maxwell Street, Chicago's great outdoor market, the birthplace of the electric blues and...

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    Cast: Joe Mantegna

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  • 1997
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    Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

    Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

    10 1997 HD

    Documentary narrated by Paul Winfield, this documentary follows the course of Mahalia Jackson's extraordinary life - from her humble beginnings as a...

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    Cast: Mahalia Jackson

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  • 2007
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    Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago

    Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago

    0 2007 HD

    Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago (2009, 109 min) is a documentary on LGBTQ life in Chicago from 1934 to 1974. Moving...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Studs Terkel

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  • 2005
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    A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

    A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

    6.4 2005 HD

    On May 8th, 1945, writer, director Norman Corwin broadcast ON A NOTE OF TRIUMPH, an unforgettable homage to the end of war in Europe. This film...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Robert Altman

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  • 2009
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    Studs Terkel: Listening to America

    Studs Terkel: Listening to America

    5.5 2009 HD

    For over 60 years, Studs Terkel elevated the voices and experiences of everyday Americans through his skillful interviews on radio, in books and on...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Studs Terkel

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  • 1992
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    Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union

    Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union

    0 1992 HD

    Harry Bridges: A Man and his Union chronicles the life of one of America's most important and controversial left-wing labor leader. He headed the...

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    Cast: Harry Bridges

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  • 2009
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    Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

    Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

    0 2009 HD

    In the grip of the Great Depression, unemployed men and women joined an unlikely WPA program to document America in guidebooks and interviews. With...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Patricia Clarkson

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  • 1984
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    The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War

    The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War

    4.8 1984 HD

    This documentary examines the experiences of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, using interviews with survivors more than 50 years later. First, the film...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Studs Terkel

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  • 1972
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    Chicago Blues

    Chicago Blues

    0 1972 HD

    Harley Cokeliss's Chicago Blues filmed in 1972 was a remarkable film; remarkable in that it was not just a competent documentary but a film crafted...

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    Cast: Muddy Waters

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  • 2015
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    Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All...

    Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All...

    0 2015 HD

    An in-depth feature length documentary of one of America's greatest and least understood authors, Nelson Algren. This never before told compelling...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Nelson Algren

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  • 1982
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    4.3 1982 HD

    This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Studs Terkel

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  • 1992
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    To Write and Keep Kind

    To Write and Keep Kind

    0 1992 HD

    A PBS documentary on the life and work of writer Raymond Carver. It features interviews with his family and friends, and provides an insightful look...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ed Sampson

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  • 2004
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    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    7.1 2004 HD

    The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Keith David

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  • 1997
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    Anthem

    Anthem

    5 1997 HD

    When twenty-six-year-olds Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn quit their Hollywood jobs, packed up a borrowed car and hit the road, it was with the deeply...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Hunter S. Thompson

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  • 1989
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    Ridin' the Dog

    Ridin' the Dog

    0 1989 HD

    The world-famous Greyhound bus is almost as old as the Wild West. It is a symbol of North America, of progress, and of nostalgia. Reporter Stud...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Studs Terkel

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  • 1982
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    4.3 1982 HD

    This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Studs Terkel

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