WTTW/Chicago Populær film

"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

The colorful stories of Irish-American immigrants and their descendants who lived the history and exemplify the repeated cycle of the outsider...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Aidan Quinn

Nature Cat and his pals go on an aquatic adventure to save Hal’s favorite chew toy. Along the way, they learn that all waterways are...

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Cast: Taran Killam

Nature Cat and his pals realize they've come to the end of their Nature Curiosity List. Meanwhile, Sir. Galahad gives himself the title of King and...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Taran Killam

In the tradition of the Dickens holiday classic, Nature Cat is bursting with what he thinks is “Christmas spirit,” and wants to celebrate...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Taran Killam

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

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

Did a UFO fly over O’Hare Airport? How did the alligator later named "Chance the Snapper" suddenly appear in Chicago’s Humboldt Lagoon?...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Geoffrey Baer

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jane Powell

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

Genre: Music

Cast: Gordon Lightfoot

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

Genre: Music

Cast: Kim Gordon

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

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

Cast:

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

Cast:

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

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

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

Soundstage Original Series 1974-1985 The man who drove his "Taxi" to the top of the music charts entertains.

Genre: Music

Cast: Harry Chapin

Chicago is full of places that take your breath away, from gilded lobbies to verdant parks and eye-bending skyscrapers to glorious sacred spaces....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Geoffrey Baer