Animated film made by four boys (Mardik Sikat, Philip Tascon, Richard Saenz and Rayundo Villarreal) from St. Thomas of Canterbury grade school. "Fe...
Spooky Boo's and Room Noodles, one of Somersaulter-Moats and Somersaulter's first children's films, is an animated lesson about fear of th...
A two-and-a-half minute image-packed expression of the evolution of man out of suffering seen through the use of animated portraits, decaying clay ...
Metro!!! The School Without Walls (Rod Nordberg, 1970) is an eighteen-minute documentary about the Chicago Public High School for Metropol...
This animated folktale from the Liberian rainforest dramatizes the African belief in the living spirit of nature and in respect for one’s ancestors...
A very realistic, animated film about the nature of children’s play. Two sisters, ages three and five, are engaged in imaginative pre-bedtime play,...
Deals with the rise and fall of the Shah of Iran. Tells how he succeeded his father, Reza Shah, in 1941, survived a number of attempts on his life,...
A fascinating behind-the-scenes account of how the most successful movie of all time was made. Hosted by robots C-3PO and R2-D2, it features the te...
A fascinating behind-the-scenes account of how the most successful movie of all time was made. Hosted by robots C-3PO and R2-D2, it features the te...
Shot by filmmaker Jeff Kreines on Veterans Day in 1970 when he was only 16 years old, the film showed at the Ann Arbor Film Festival and was select...
A University of Chicago student film production and “Young Chicago Filmmakers Festival” award winner in 1971, Holden Franz Aust’s "In The Divine Pl...
A South Shore High School student film that is an allegory on the wastefulness of war and the duplicity of those who wage it. Filmmaker Wayne Willi...
No narration. This animated film involves a young boy whose home is in the city. He has an ordinary life and accepts his environment passively. How...
This collaborative student film follows a confused young man throughout his day, as he navigates various environments (church, neighborhood streets...
Animated student film about a personified automobile. The film is part of a series of student films that all won awards at the 1971 Young Chicago F...