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While Peoria may not have the glitz and glamour of the Southern California movie business, it does claim an active community of independent filmmakers with a passion for telling stories.
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Cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Atlanta are hubs for aspiring filmmakers, but one Peoria native decided the River City was the best place to establish his production company, Mourning Dove Films.
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The hit movie that resurrected the memory of the Rockford Peaches is 25 and it still inspires.Hundreds of girls aged 7 to 17 will converge on Rockford…
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Roger Ebert's film festival this year will include 2016 psychological thriller "Elle" and a film delving into the life of TV icon…
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A central Illinois movie theater is screening a free series of Alfred Hitchcock classics, each followed by discussions with a film scholar. It's called…
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State officials say television and film production generated nearly a half-billion dollars in spending in Illinois last year. The Illinois Film Office…
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The voice of Al Jolson, from the soundtrack of the 1927 movie, The Jazz Singer, which marked the movies’ transition from a silent medium to one with…
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The final slate of six films announced for next month’s Ebertfest in Champaign adds a second silent film to the schedule, and two 2015 movies honored for…
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Oscar-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee has defended his choice to make a movie about violence in Chicago titled "Chiraq."Lee appeared Thursday on Chicago's…
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A documentary film on heroin abuse in Madison County debuts Sunday with a free screening at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.The Heroin Project:…