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"Tarantella" was an early Super 8 short film directed by Christopher Nolan with his childhood friend Roko Belic. It was made in 1989 while Nolan was...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Roko Belic

Throughout the 1900's, before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1946, black baseball talent blossomed in the Negro Leagues. Baseball...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Paul Winfield

Taped for a two-part PBS Soundstage, Petty employs the Chicago locale as an entry into the blues and R&B that are at the foundation of rock & roll,...

Genre: Music

Cast: Tom Petty

In July 1974, a group of Chicago based blues artists who had already achieved legendary status gathered together with some of their younger "blues...

Genre: Music

Cast: Muddy Waters

Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, Blondie is still putting out new music and rocking out for fans everywhere! Debbie Harry and her...

Genre: Music

Cast: Debbie Harry

Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop, and the gang discover the true meaning of Chanukah in this special holiday program. The story of the special holiday and all...

Genre: Family

Cast: Shari Lewis

Inventive performer and poignant songwriter John Hiatt captures the attention of fans and critics alike. In this Soundstage performance, which...

Genre: Music

Cast: John Hiatt

Power pop is arguably one of Americas greatest gifts, The All-American Rejects are champions of the genre. Group members Tyson Ritter, Nick Wheeler,...

Genre: Music

Cast: Tyson Ritter

Hidden Turkey is a one-hour television special produced, hosted, and narrated by CBS News Travel Editor Peter Greenberg. It showcases the special...

Genre: Documentary

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Quintessential alternative rockers, Sonic Youth, celebrate free-form experimentalism while reinforcing their performance-art driven tradition in this...

Genre: Music

Cast: Kim Gordon

A look at the screen triumphs and private lives of the screen's number-one singing team.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jane Powell

A nostalgic yet energetic look at a bygone chapter in Chicago history: the 1920s and '30s, when city life was far less threatening than it is today....

Genre: Documentary

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In February 2002, families living in the Robert Taylor Homes public housing development were given a 180 day notice of eviction. In six months, the...

Genre: Documentary

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In Biking the Boulevards, Geoffrey Baer bikes his way across Chicago, using the city's network of boulevards. The boulevards are wide, tree-lined...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Geoffrey Baer

One of the most loved bands in rock history, as well as one of the most commercially successful-with 50 hit songs in the U.S. alone, 18 gold records,...

Genre: Music

Cast: Robert Lamm

Grammy Award-winning folk singer John Prine performs his early classics such as "Angel from Montgomery" and "Hello in There" in this 1980 concert...

Genre: Music

Cast: John Prine

TVTV turns its critical eye to the world of advertising in Adland, subtitled Where Commercials Come From. Focusing on the reality behind the image,...

Genre: Documentary

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Chicagoans of all stripes share their stories from a time when the city served as a major war production center and a hub for soldiers on their way...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Russ Reed

Memories and home movies of numerous Chicagoans bring the 1940s and '50s alive, from early Chicago television to the patriotic spirit of the war...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Richard J. Daley

The history of Chicago's African-American community told like never before -- through the voices of its leading citizens, scholars, artists,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kellita Smith