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Chicago Made | XD Tech 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...

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.

‘City So Real’ filmmakers paint a portrait of the real Chicago 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…