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In a small community in Chicago, a musical group called the Popovich Brothers maintained the traditional music and rich culture of their Serbian homeland in local venues. The brothers played with a passion, making their love of the music and traditions infectious. Chronicled is the end of an era as old age and death have altered the dynamics of the group. Provided is a snapshot of Chicago's Serbian-American community, that captured a part of the immigrant...
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Paul Crump, who robbed the Chicago stockyards on March 20, 1953, with four other black men, shot one guard to death. He was sentenced to die in the electric chair. William Friedkin met Crump in the Cook County Jail. Friedkin was impressed by the "model prisoner", Crump. Friedkin produced this documentary as an impassionate plea for Crump's return to society.
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"Labor Day East Chicago (1979) chronicles a neighborhood celebration featuring senior citizens, beauty queen candidates and the local Lions Club chapter. With his observational style, Palazzolo captures the little details that make the people and places seem so familiar yet representative of another time and place. I married a munchkin (1994) presents the life and times of Mary Ellen St. Aubin, a woman small in stature who lived large. She and her...
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