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- During a mass shooting at its annual 4th of July parade in 2022, a Chicago suburb found itself thrust into the headlines and transformed into a war zone. Within hours, an unassuming temporary memorial in the center of town helped bring the grieving community together and find purpose and healing.
- Chef and inventor Homaro Cantu helped put Chicago on the culinary map when he opened his first restaurant "Moto" and became a celebrity chef in his late twenties. A renowned inventor and social entrepreneur, Cantu innovated his restaurants and tackled big problems from Americans' love affair with refined sugar to re-imagining space cuisine. As much as Chef Cantu tried to change the world and make it a better place, a childhood filled with trauma and abuse shaped him more than he could have known. Filmed over a period of three years with remarkable access, INSATIABLE follows Cantu at a pivotal moment in his career and takes you on a dizzying and thrilling ride, in a story that moves from redemption and inspiration to tragedy and back again.
- For nearly three decades, Ann Slavick taught high school art and art history, where she inspired thousands of young people to tap their creative abilities and immerse themselves in the visual arts. Her profound impact went beyond the classroom, as she served as a mentor to many of her students and provided a powerful example of a teacher-practitioner. In this tribute to a teacher, artist, and author, we celebrate the career of Ann Slavick.
- An intimate look at the fabled Mexican resort town, from beyond the hotel compounds and beaches. Más Que La Playa is an international co-production commissioned by the Sister Cities of Highland Park, Illinois and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
- Serving up Kosher-style Mexican food in suburban Chicago for ten years, Isaac and Moishe Nava are living the American Dream.
- Shifting Traditions takes an incisive look at the issue of intermarriage within the American Jewish community. Through the diverse voices of interfaith couples and rabbinical leaders, the film reveals the contemporary struggle of many Jews to participate in a multicultural society, and simultaneously maintain a separate and unique identity.
- From the front lines of the bankrupt Chicago Tribune, to the vibrant local on-line publishing and start-up scene, pioneering journalists struggle to reinvent a storied, yet troubled industry. In Mashed Media, we visit bloggers, independent publishers, hacker journalists, and social media mavens working in the trenches of Chicago, providing a rare intimate look at the future of journalism now.
- Working out of a warehouse in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, Rodrick Markus is the face behind Rare Tea Cellar. For more than a decade, Rare Tea Cellar has been sourcing and selling tea as well as anything you can eat, drink, or cook with. Markus and Rare Tea Cellar have partnered with some of the world's most renowned chefs, including Grant Achatz (Alinea, Next, Aviary), Curtis Duffy (Grace), and dozens more. In this short video, we get a privileged peek inside the warehouse and we trace Markus' journey from small niche businessman into gastronomical rock star.
- In RAISED UP WEST SIDE, we follow the harrowing, yet frequently inspiring plight of ex-offenders, social activists, and entrepreneurs, witnessing the fierce tenacity required to change the narrative - and change lives on Chicago's West Side.
- New York's Lower East Side has steadily transformed from a neighborhood known best for its seedy immigrant tenements and streets hardened by heroin and crack addicts into today's condo and club scene. That makes Alan Kaufman of "The Pickle Guys" a total throwback. Queens-born Kaufman remembers the Lower East Side of the late 20th century, which still hung on to its famous Jewish immigrant past. By the early 2000s, he became the last pickle maker on these storied streets.