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                  A Raisin in the Sun
                  Source: Amazon
                  Author: Daniel Petrie, director
                  This award-winning 1961 film starring Sidney Portier tells the story of an African-American South Side Chicago family struggling with racism in the earliest days of the civil rights movement. "A revolutionary film far ahead of its time." --Arnie Bernstein, author of "Hollywood on Lake Michigan"
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                  Crime, Crime Fighting

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                  Call Northside 777
                  Source: Amazon
                  Author: Henry Hathaway, director
                  A Chicago-based 1948 film starring Jimmy Stewart. It is based on the true story of a Prohibition-era murder mystery.
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                  Baseball

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                  Eight Men Out (DVD)
                  Source: Amazon.com
                  The story of the Chicago White Sox who conspired with gamblers to fix the 1919 World Series. A great baseball movie (1988)
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                  Football

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                  Brian's Song (DVD)
                  Source: Amazon.com
                  James Caan and Billy Dee Williams star as the Chicago Bears' Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers (respectively). (1971)
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