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Chef and inventor Homaro Cantu helped put Chicago on the culinary map when he opened his first restaurant "Moto" and became a celebrity chef in his late twenties. A renowned inventor and social entrepreneur, Cantu innovated his restaurants and tackled big problems from Americans' love affair with refined sugar to re-imagining space cuisine. As much as Chef Cantu tried to change the world and make it a better place, a childhood filled with trauma and abuse shaped him more than he could have known. Filmed over a period of three years with remarkable access, INSATIABLE follows Cantu at a pivotal moment in his career and takes you on a dizzying and thrilling ride, in a story that moves from redemption and inspiration to tragedy and back again.

Shifting Traditions takes an incisive look at the issue of intermarriage within the American Jewish community. Through the diverse voices of interfaith couples and rabbinical leaders, the film reveals the contemporary struggle of many Jews to participate in a multicultural society, and simultaneously maintain a separate and unique identity.

During a mass shooting at its annual 4th of July parade in 2022, a Chicago suburb found itself thrust into the headlines and transformed into a war zone. Within hours, an unassuming temporary memorial in the center of town helped bring the grieving community together and find purpose and healing.

In his gritty bass guitar plant in the Goose Island neighborhood of Chicago, Dan Lakin and his team build pedigree bass guitars for today's stars, including, Darryl Jones of The Rolling Stones, Adam Clayton of U2, John Stirratt of Wilco, and many others. Developing his line of "Lakland" basses has been fraught with challenges - but this bassmaker inspires others in this tribute to the backbone of rhythm: the bass guitar.

Working out of a warehouse in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood, Rodrick Markus is the face behind Rare Tea Cellar. For more than a decade, Rare Tea Cellar has been sourcing and selling tea as well as anything you can eat, drink, or cook with. Markus and Rare Tea Cellar have partnered with some of the world's most renowned chefs, including Grant Achatz (Alinea, Next, Aviary), Curtis Duffy (Grace), and dozens more. In this short video, we get a privileged peek inside the warehouse and we trace Markus' journey from small niche businessman into gastronomical rock star.

New York's Lower East Side has steadily transformed from a neighborhood known best for its seedy immigrant tenements and streets hardened by heroin and crack addicts into today's condo and club scene. That makes Alan Kaufman of "The Pickle Guys" a total throwback. Queens-born Kaufman remembers the Lower East Side of the late 20th century, which still hung on to its famous Jewish immigrant past. By the early 2000s, he became the last pickle maker on these storied streets.

For nearly three decades, Ann Slavick taught high school art and art history, where she inspired thousands of young people to tap their creative abilities and immerse themselves in the visual arts. Her profound impact went beyond the classroom, as she served as a mentor to many of her students and provided a powerful example of a teacher-practitioner. In this tribute to a teacher, artist, and author, we celebrate the career of Ann Slavick.

Located in the center of Silicon Valley, Olson's Cherries is the last operating fruit orchard of its kind in the fertile region of California once known as "The Valley of Heart's Delight". In black and white 16mm film, Silicon Harvest lovingly tells the story of Charlie Olson, a cherry farmer right out of Steinbeck, and his feisty determination to keep his way of life in a San Francisco Bay Area transformed by the wealth and power of the tech industry.