The Doc Center

12/12/2021

Job training opportunities in Chicago Film & TV - application deadline coming up.

The Chicago Made: Film & TV Workforce Training Program helps Chicago residents get their foot in the door of the dynamic world of film and television. We offer this free program in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and the Chicago Film Office. We’re looking for...

04/03/2021

Please join us for this special Doc Zoom Salon on Wed. April 7th @ 7 PM CT with the producers of the new Peacock series
"John Wayne Gacy: "Devil in Disguise"
Zoom link:
https://colum.zoom.us/j/4296690376

01/25/2021

remember this one?

Save the Date!
The Doc Talk Show: Ethical Choices
Tuesday Jan 26th @ 7 pm CT

TWO MORE DAYS until The Doc Talk Show for a Q&A with the filmmakers of Stevie! Join director Steve James, cinematographer Dana Kupper and producer/sound engineer Adam Singer to discuss ethical choices, cinema verite and a self-reflexive POV.

Don't miss out on this FREE event!

Register with this link below!
(https://tinyurl.com/y5bkvjfv)

Sponsors: Kartemquin Films; Media Process Group; Columbia College Chicago; Periscope Post & Audio; Camera Ambassador

12/08/2020

Thanks to Columbia College Chicago and The Columbia Chronicle for this nice cover art and a sweet review of our show about City So Real with Steve James and Jackson James, father and son filmmakers here in Chicago. Steve has visited our classrooms many times as a visiting artist. Most recently he visited Big Chicago: Chicago Film History a freshmen experience course with faculty Jeff Spitz.

Chicago might be described as a city of juxtapositions—Lake Michigan’s beaches and overgrown lots; modern high-rises and rows of two-flat homes spanning multiple blocks; merchandise-filled wi…

11/19/2020

teaching how to improvise can be messy.

10/17/2020

In case you missed this experience in a Zoom Webinar with Bob Hercules, Keith Walker and special guests from four films by Media Process Group. Response to this show was very heartening for us all. Clips are from doc films about Bill T. Jones, Father Michael Pfleger, Maya Angelou and BahaiTeachings.org. The evening kicked off with a five minute gem showing 35 years of work by MPG.
Proud to be the host of this special Chicago doc experience. Flyer designed by Columbia College Chicago student Alea Rodriguez. Vimeo edited lightly by student Rylie Smedley of The Doc Unit. Shout out to Columbia College Chicago Alumni, Dirk Matthews.

The full zoom recording of Media Process Group's 35th Anniversary Event on October 8, 2020 (cleaned up for Vimeo). Host Jeff Spitz. Panelists: Bob Hercules;…

10/15/2020

In case you missed it here is a Vimeo recording of the event featuring film clips and convos on race, Lincoln, documentary, dance, social justice, faith and the ways of understanding the incredible life of Maya Angelou. Her son Guy Johnson entered the zoom late and stole the show. Special thanks to Columbia College Chicago Alumni, and students Rylie Smedley and MacNerland of The Doc Unit.

The full zoom recording of Media Process Group's 35th Anniversary Event on October 8, 2020 (cleaned up for Vimeo). Host Jeff Spitz. Panelists: Bob Hercules;…

07/09/2020

Kudos to former doc student and leader of Viva Doc, Arlen Parsa. Arlen has created impactful, interactive websites for doc filmmakers. He also makes documentaries and IN THIS CASE HE MADE NEWS. Follow him on twitter .

Putting red dots over the faces of the slave-owning signers, Arlen Parsa, a Chicago-based documentary filmmaker, decolonized John Trumbull’s painting “Declaration of Independence,” which hangs in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.