Chicago Shorts
Short Original docs made in Chicago by filmmaker Jim Quatrokki and producer/bwcTV curator/founder, Floyd Webb.
Chicago like most cities, has it's array of great characters, Ordinary people, larger than life, just living life the best they can. Jim has over 180 of these shorts in his collection. We'll be showing the best of those and acquiring more from other local filmmakers.
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Sheryl Abel - H.O.P.E
For about 15 years, Sheryl Abel was in and out of the city lockup, Cook County Jail and the state's prison system for crimes she committed to feed her heroin addiction.
Today, having been clean for more than two decades, Abel, 54, often returns to Illinois Department of Corrections facilities ...
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From the heART
A 6 minute meditation on Outsider Artist in Chicago featuring Walking stick sculptor David Philpot, musician/artist Douglas Ewart, and prosthetic artist Robert Gramsch.
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Aaron Dodd
Whether playing on albums for soul singer Donny Hathaway or blowing a worn-out, crumpled horn as a street performer camped outside Symphony Center, the home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Dodd lived for his music, his family said.
In his youth, he was a respected player in the city's j...
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Billy Branch
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Albert Gunn EDIT 8_1
In 1976, Dr. Al Gunn walked into a music store and an object with metal keys caught his attention. It was hand-held with different length metal keys. He inquired and was told it was an Mbira, an African Thumb piano. He pushed down on the keys and his world changed instantly. The Mbira or commonly...
