 | "Beats of Smiles"  Amr Ahmed | Music video/spoken word/animation | 05:01 Two Loyola College students bring Chicago together every week through their very unique dance and music style. Their exploration of Chicago's cultures makes them the signature of Chicago culture. |
 | "Dua" Sammy Jenkins | Drama | 04:54 A young Muslim girl struggles with her identity in a post 9/11 community. |
 | "HOME" Chris Folkens | Music video/spoken word/animation | 04:36 "HOME" is an experimental film piece utilizing spoken word poetry to showcase the diversity of Chicago, then illustrate how our combined efforts toward education, love, and family all lead us to a brighter future...where Chicago is truly "home" to everyone. |
 | "In This Together" J. Andrew Ramsey | Music video/spoken word/animation | 02:30 Three up-and-coming Chicago poets were asked to write a poem about what unity means to them. Here's the result. |
 | 'All Natural' Dan Mihail / Ilko Davidov | Documentary | 05:05 Chicago Hip Hop icons, All Natural, overcome obstacles throughout their career and are put through a test when faith and passion for music collide. |
 | 1700% Project: Mistaken for Muslim Anida Yoeu Ali | Music video/spoken word/animation | 05:03 In this video, narratives collide with music, poetry and politics to create a complex and layered experience. A poet, dancer, angel, prisoner converge with community to speak, deflect, and intervene against racial profiling and hate crimes. This convergence exemplifies a spirit of defiance and resistance from communities of people who refuse to end in violence. This spoken word video is a collabor/ ... More |
 | A Neighborly Neighbor Michael Butler | Comedy | 05:02 When a hotheaded man in a Chicago apartment building is frustrated by his neighbors' music, his complaining creates an unexpected community. |
 | Abnormality by D-Nick The Microphone Misfit Melvin A. Lyons | Music video/spoken word/animation | 02:23 Health and wellness enthusiast, B-Boy Super Inlight reached out to D-Nick The Microphone Misfit to compose a song, for the opening of Graffiti and Grub, a natural foods store on the Chicago's South Side. They use Hip Hop culture, as a way of inspiring different types of people to eat healthy. The result was this song, "Abnormality" which takes its chorus from the definition of the word healthy. T ... More |
 | brotherhood sean austin | Mobile digital media | 01:08 coming together in the city |
 | Choose One Jen Bills | Under 60 seconds | 01:01 This tongue-twisting film shows just how easy it is to get involved. With so many options to choose from, there's no excuse not to lend a hand. |
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