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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1984
Women's Voices: The Gender Gap
Women's Voices: The Gender Gap01984HD
Filmmaker Jenny Rohrer explores the growing difference in voting patterns between men and women.
- 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...
- 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...
- 1968
Inquiring Nuns
Inquiring Nuns01968HD
Two nuns travel across Chicago asking people the question, "Are you happy?"
- 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...
- 1966
Home for Life
Home for Life01966HD
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,...
- 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....
- 2015
Almost There
Almost There6.82015HD
A coming-of-(old)-age story about Peter Anton, an elderly "outsider" artist living in isolated and crippling conditions whose world changes when two...
- 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...
- 1980
Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local
Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local01980HD
Taylor Chain I tells the gritty realities of a seven-week strike at a small Indiana chain factory during 1973-74. Volatile union meetings and...
- 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...
- 1970
Anonymous Artists of America
Anonymous Artists of America01970HD
While touring the U.S. in a brightly painted school bus, the psychedelic rock collective Anonymous Artists of America stops to hold a performance at...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...