Gordon Quinn Movies
- 2008
In the Family
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At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with...
- 1983
Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining
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In 1981-2, the Kartemquin filmmakers returned to the Taylor Chain plant to show labor and management working together against the odds, trying to...
- 1968
Parents
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A parish youth group in a lower middle-class Chicago neighborhood discusses parental authority, what growing up means and the difficulties of...
- 1975
Where's I. W. Abel?
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Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the film documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement...
- 2016
'63 Boycott
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On October 22, 1963, more than 250,000 students boycotted the Chicago Public Schools to protest racial segregation. Many marched through the city...
- 1979
U.E. Wells
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U.E. Wells follows an organizing drive by the United Electrical Workers Union at the Wells Foundry in Chicago. The multi-ethnic work force of Polish,...
- 2020
Finding Yingying
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Yingying Zhang, a 26-year-old Chinese student, comes to the U.S. to study. In her detailed and beautiful diaries, the aspiring young scientist and...
- 2020
Unapologetic
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Told through the lens of Janaé and Bella, two fierce abolitionist leaders, Unapologetic is a deep look into the Movement for Black Lives, from...
- 2023
Greener Pastures
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Contemplating the future of farming in America through the day-to-day lives of four small, Midwestern, multigenerational family farms over the course...
- 2011
A Good Man
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A Good Man follows acclaimed director/choreographer Bill T. Jones for two tumultuous years, as he tackles the most ambitious work of his career, an...
- 1966
Home for Life
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Depicts the experiences of two elderly people in their first month at a home for the aged--a man, isolated from the world he knew, and a woman,...
- 1970
What the Fuck are These Red Squares?
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Striking students meet at a "Revolutionary Seminar" at the Art Institute of Chicago in response to the invasion of Cambodia and the killing of...
- 2021
A Very Tricky Balance
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In this program, director Bing Liu, executive producer Gordon Quinn, and producer Diane Quon discuss the conception of Minding the Gap and its...
- 1992
Higher Goals
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An educational companion piece to Hoop Dreams, Higher Goals features NBA star Isiah Thomas in a fast-paced, entertaining PBS special that encourages...
- 2010
Prisoner of Her Past
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Sonia Reich- who survived the Holocaust as a child by running and hiding, suddenly believes that she is being hunted again, 60 years later.
- 1968
Inquiring Nuns
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Two nuns travel across Chicago asking people the question, "Are you happy?"
- 2001
5 Girls
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For two years, filmmaker Maria Finitzo followed five strong young women between the ages of 13 and 17. Unlike the myriad reports, books and...
- 1988
Golub
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Leon Golub's massive canvasses depict scenes most of us would prefer not to see - mercenary killings, torture, and death squads. Golub offers not...
- 2004
Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes
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The work and times of American artist, Leon Golub from 1985 to his death in 2004, taking us from images of interrogations and torture to the ironies...
- 1969
Operation Breadbasket
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Actor Robert Culp narrates this special examining the use of boycotts by African-Americans as a way of obtaining jobs.