chicago (ill.)

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chicago (ill.)

The jungle

1990
Describes the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young immigrant struggling in America.

The 1920's

luck
2000
In 1927 the Dixons move from rural Georgia to Chicago, where African Americans have more opportunities, and there Lorraine meets a famous movie actress and her little brother Marcus finds that his artistic talents are useful.

Michelle Obama

2010
Profiles the life and achievements of Michelle Obama, discussing her childhood, family, education, relationship with Barack Obama, and role as First Lady.

Michelle Obama

2010
Briefly profiles the life of Michelle Obama, discussing her childhood, family, career as a lawyer, and role as the First Lady.

Rosie in Chicago

play ball!
2003
Unable to make friends at her new school, Rosie learns that one of Chicago's baseball teams has lost its top player and disguises herself as a boy to take his place.

Bound

2012
Mo Fitzgerald has made her choice, a life in Chicago with Colin, but as she tries to keep her magic and mortal lives separate, her father returns from prison and as the Seraphim regroup, war breaks out in both her worlds.

Vixen

2010
Seventeen-year-old socialite Gloria secretly longs to be a flapper, but now that she is engaged to Sebastian, she must leave her partying days behind, until her future is threatened by an alluring jazz musician who encourages Gloria to risk everything.

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

Bloom's modern critical interpretation
2010

Something terrible happened on Kenmore

2009
The rape and murder of a young girl from Maizy and Fred's working-class neighborhood in 1930s Chicago draws them together with Zane, a preacher's son from a better part of town, as they all navigate the trials of adolescence.

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