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- In 1960, a group of white teenage Chicago musicians traveled to the city's southside music clubs to learn the blues from the original masters. This is their story.
- In the years surrounding The Civil War, The Loomis Gang was arguably the largest family crime syndicate in America. Today, however, few outside of central New York State have ever heard of these horse-thieving rogues from the small village of Waterville. No "professional" historians have laid claim to the Loomis legend. No action figures. No comic books. In fact, the only thing standing between the Loomis family and utter obscurity is a collection of local folks who are fighting to keep the legend alive in a village that largely ignores it. This struggle typifies a battle being waged in towns across the country, and history may be losing. In The Loomis Gang, filmmaker Brian Peter Falk returns to Waterville, his hometown, to learn the details of the Loomis Gang legend and seek out the amateur historians who are its unofficial caretakers. This committed group includes a former school bus driver, a campground owner who dresses the part of a gunslinging sheriff, a brain researcher, a school teacher, and a real life Loomis. The film also features the filmmaker's mother - the matriarch of a family deeply committed to its own history and holiday traditions. As the film chronicles the Loomis saga, complete with Waterville's climactic vigilante uprising, this rag tag group of locals conducts bus tours, writes books, creates displays and prepares stage presentations - all in an attempt to actively witness history. While historic buildings become parking lots in Waterville and many other towns, The Loomis Gang is a comment on the power, and limitations, of such witnessing in the changing landscape of small town America.
- A team of young individuals take it upon themselves to make professional level content, on a low budget.
- A documentary film that was shot in Nepal and chronicles the efforts of a committed scientist to bring life-saving Vitamin A capsules to children. The film features the captivating journey of Dr. Alfred Sommer, who was the celebrated Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Sommer made a groundbreaking discovery that Vitamin A capsules can save the lives of millions of children. This finding has led to the largest worldwide medical mobilization since the polio vaccine. In this film, Sommer travels from Katmandu to the Terai region of Nepal. Along the way, he meets locals and Vitamin A volunteers and listens to their stories. Sommer shares tea with a local Lama, delivers Vitamin A to a night-blind pregnant woman, and attends the medical examination of a newborn.
- CPS Right Now! is a television news magazine about Chicago Public Schools showcasing new programs, innovative teachers and extraordinary students.
- TV Mini Series
- Follows a delegation from the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children as they travel to Eastern Chad. This short chronicles their work including interviews with Sudanese refugees in 12 camps inside Chad.
- Historical documentary about the life and work of visionary Kansas City developer, Jesse Clyde Nichols (1880-1950). Nichols constructed the largest contiguous planned community in the U.S.and the first modern shopping center in America. Nichols ranged far beyond Kansas City. He served on the National Parks and Planning Commission in Washington, DC, and lent his expertise to the planning of many other communities, including Beverly Hills and Cleveland's Shaker Heights. The methods and philosophies Nichols championed are now being used by architects, planners, and developers to build towns and combat sprawl. These "New Urbanists" have found a godfather in J.C. Nichols. This film was designed for a national PBS audience and for educational distribution. The program has aired on more than 100 PBS stations nationwide.
- A revealing look at the elusive murderer Robert Durst.
- Investigation into the hate crimes surrounding the vicious deaths in San Francisco.