Jon Siskel

Películas

Memorial
Director
The community of Highland Park, Illinois, commemorates those who lost their lives in the Independence Day shooting of 2022.
The Road Up
Director
From the award-winning team behind the Chicago International Film Festival hit poetry slam documentary Louder than a Bomb comes this inspiring and emotional film following Jesse Teverbaugh, a charismatic leader at the job-training program Cara. With tough-love and dedication, Teverbaugh mentors four Chicagoans during their precarious journey from homelessness, addiction, and incarceration to stable employment. The Road Up powerfully chronicles not only America’s unforgiving economic and social structures, but also the essential role that community, connection, hope, and love play in overcoming adversity.
Louder Than a Bomb
Director
By turns hopeful and heartbreaking, Louder Than a Bomb follows the fortunes of four Chicago-area high school poetry teams as they prepare for and compete in the world’s largest youth slam.
102 minutos que cambiaron America
Executive Producer
La película muestra en tiempo totalmente real, sin alguna edición agregada. Se pueden ver los eventos de Nueva York utilizando materiales sin editar de los periodistas ciudadanos en su mayoría aficionados y testigos sobre este acontecimiento. El documental se acompaña de un documental de 18 minutos de duración, llamado I-Witness a 9/11, que presenta testigos de primera mano que capturaron las imágenes de la cámara. Además se pueden ver mucha cantidad de información relatada que se extiende al ser agregada junto al documental
Poet of Death: Jack Unterweger
Writer
Jack Unterweger was an Austrian serial killer who murdered several women before committing suicide in 1994. In 1976 jailed for murder but became a literary sensation while in prison. Out on parole, he killed nine prostitutes before being caught once more.