Chicago filmmakers say the challenge is securing wider distribution in an industry that increasingly takes its cue from streaming-service algorithms. The movie chronicles her journey to know her ...

A book on the downfall of Schwinn Bicycle that grew out of a Crain’s Chicago Business project is, after three decades, moving to the screen.

A new documentary about the culture and identity of Vietnamese Americans growing up in the eighties and their connection to the new wave music scene premiered to much fanfare in Chicago. Directed by ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Some Chicago kids are exploring the city's neighborhoods for the first time as part of a documentary film project that exposes kids from the South and West sides to different cultures.

A short documentary about a police shooting that took the life of a Chicago man has been nominated for an Academy Award. Some ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new movie is getting its Chicago premiere during a screening run February 17 - 23 at the Gene Siskel Film Center. "Unbroken Glass" is a documentary about the parents of filmmaker ...

Serena Maria Daniels is a former editor for Eater, Midwest region, responsible for coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. She’s a longtime Detroiter, by way of the West Coast and has been ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "In The Zone" is the story of a Chicago man's mission to help minority teenagers in New Zealand through a program that gives them access to opportunities previously beyond their reach ...

The compact cassette played a key role in the 1979 Iranian revolution, but you wouldn’t know that from watching this documentary. Zack Taylor and Georg Petzold’s meandering tribute leaves out many ...

When Chicago documentary-maker Kenneth Yoder first began his fitness transformation on the cusp of his 40th birthday, he weighed 175 pounds with 24 percent body fat. "I was rocking a pretty solid 'S' ...

GOLD is a feature length documentary that focuses on the lives of the women who currently work at the Gold Nugget strip club in Spread Eagle, Northern Wisconsin. The Nugget is run by Dusty, who was an ...