Special Feature - Juneteenth Production Documentaries
Tracking Syphilis: Countdown to Elimination (30 min, 2002)
26m
In the year 2000 Chicago lead the nation in new cases of infectious syphilis, with a rate nearly three times higher than the national average. This documentary follows disease control investigators and their efforts to track, treat and eliminate this age-old scourge.
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Tal Como Somos: Just As We Are (71 mi...
This feature length film candidly examines the lives of six Latino gay men, one transgender woman, and the ties that bind them: their culture, families, upbringing, and experiences as adults in a Latino culture that frequently condemns and rejects their sexual orientation.
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Tal Como Somos (30 min educational vi...
Latino culture is celebrated for its rich traditions, close-knit families, and strong faith, but being Latino and gay, bisexual, or transgender is often seen as unforgivable. This educational version of the feature length documentary examines the lives of six Latino GBT men and women, with incisi...
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Beating Breast Cancer (15 min, 2011 T...
In Chicago, African American women in Chicago are dying from breast cancer at twice the rate of white women. It doesn’t have to be this way. This short film explores the experiences of five Black women diagnosed with breast cancer and their roads to treatment.
