Gordon Quinn Movies
- 1979
U.E. Wells
U.E. Wells81979HD
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,...
- 1988
Golub
Golub71988HD
Leon Golub's massive canvasses depict scenes most of us would prefer not to see - mercenary killings, torture, and death squads. Golub offers not...
- 2020
Unapologetic
Unapologetic82020HD
Told through the lens of Janaé and Bella, two fierce abolitionist leaders, Unapologetic is a deep look into the Movement for Black Lives, from...
- 1974
Winnie Wright, Age 11
Winnie Wright, Age 116.51974HD
Winnie, the daughter of a steel worker and a teacher, lives in Gage Park, a Chicago neighborhood that is changing from white to black. Her family...
- 1974
Now We Live on Clifton
Now We Live on Clifton01974HD
Now We Live on Clifton follows 10 year old Pam Taylor and her 12 year old brother Scott around their multiracial West Lincoln Park neighborhood. The...
- 1968
Parents
Parents01968HD
A parish youth group in a lower middle-class Chicago neighborhood discusses parental authority, what growing up means and the difficulties of...
- 2023
Greener Pastures
Greener Pastures02023HD
Contemplating the future of farming in America through the day-to-day lives of four small, Midwestern, multigenerational family farms over the course...
- 1970
Marco
Marco01970HD
Disbelief, shock, hostility and superstition confronted the wife of one of the filmmakers when she decided to give birth without pain medication...
- 2017
Unbroken Glass
Unbroken Glass02017HD
Unbroken Glass is a documentary about filmmaker Dinesh Sabu's journey to understand his parents, who died 20 years ago when he was six years old.
- 2011
A Good Man
A Good Man62011HD
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...
- 1969
Hum 255
Hum 25551969HD
In 1968, striking students at the University of Chicago occupied an administration building. A year later, two expelled young women were asked by...
- 2010
Prisoner of Her Past
Prisoner of Her Past102010HD
Sonia Reich- who survived the Holocaust as a child by running and hiding, suddenly believes that she is being hunted again, 60 years later.
- 2004
Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes
Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes82004HD
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...
- 1970
What the Fuck are These Red Squares?
What the Fuck are These Red Squares?71970HD
Striking students meet at a "Revolutionary Seminar" at the Art Institute of Chicago in response to the invasion of Cambodia and the killing of...
- 2001
5 Girls
5 Girls02001HD
For two years, filmmaker Maria Finitzo followed five strong young women between the ages of 13 and 17. Unlike the myriad reports, books and...
- 2021
For the Left Hand
For the Left Hand02021HD
At age 10, aspiring pianist Norman Malone is paralyzed on his right side after being attacked by his father. Over the next several decades he masters...
- 1998
Vietnam Long Time Coming
Vietnam Long Time Coming01998HD
The last American officials were airlifted out of Vietnam from the embassy roof in Saigon in 1975. Most have never returned. In 1998, World T.E.A.M....
- 2007
Terra Incognita: Mapping Stem Cell Research
Terra Incognita: Mapping Stem Cell Research82007HD
This documentary follows the journey of neurologist Dr. Jack Kessler, who was inspired to apply stem cell research to find a cure for spinal cord...
- 2021
A Very Tricky Balance
A Very Tricky Balance02021HD
In this program, director Bing Liu, executive producer Gordon Quinn, and producer Diane Quon discuss the conception of Minding the Gap and its...
- 1975
Where's I. W. Abel?
Where's I. W. Abel?01975HD
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...