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A production company serving non-profits, artists, journalism outlets and documentary filmmakers.

04/25/2026

Shouldering Sanctuary, our doc about Chicago’s 2025 Battle with ICE, has been on the road from Maryland to Colorado, screening at bookstores, churches, colleges and community centers, a new cut every time.

Sunday May 3 12:30p 2026 we’re humbled to present at Davis Theater as part of Chicago Media Project's Doc10 Film Festival. The shorts program also includes work from Carlos Javier Ortiz, Alexandra Halkin, and Andrew Freer Go Fourth Media and will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers including T&D editor Ysa Quiballo as well as Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights policy director Fred Tsao. Get Tickets and more info about all the other Doc10 events: https://doc10.eventive.org/schedule/699dd2d8666a039a8b9aa4fc

03/27/2026

With the Chicago Sun-Times and The Wiener's Circle, we filmed contestants taking on a 2-minute crossword challenge to win a free hot dog, all in celebration of Chicago’s 189th birthday. Catch the roasts, relish, and more at the link-in-bio, and see if you’re a wiener at suntimes.com/games.

03/20/2026

Since October we’ve filmed Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership's campaign to provide spiritual care within Broadview ICE Detention facility, including on Ash Wednesday, when a judicial order restored access, and clergy provided ashes and communion to a number of recently detained individuals, as well as Homeland Security staff.

Find out more about CSPL on their website, including more of T&D's coverage of their activism: https://www.csplaction.org/

02/28/2026

We documented NYTimes best selling author Martin Shaw's visit to Lumen Christi Institute, presenting to The University of Chicago students around the bonfire, as well as to fellow mythologists and story lovers in Evanston. Watch the whole videos, as well as many other lectures engaging Catholic thought on the Lumen Christi Institute's youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29cCGHMhmGk

02/13/2026

We are hiring for a paid 10-week summer internship. Applications must be received by March 29, 2026 to be considered. Find out more and apply: https://forms.gle/HVaHdWw1rxJuxy8t7

02/04/2026

Our Jan 15, 2026 Immigrant Justice: Then & Now screening with Media Burn Independent Video Archive and Mir Productions was a moment to reflect on 2025 and recommit to our city and our neighbors.

Hear from 33rd Ward Alderwoman Rossana Rodríguez, Alonso Zaragoza of Belmont Cragin United, Antonio Gutierrez of Organized Communities Against Deportations and 26th Ward Alderperson Jessie Fuentes.

We are planning more screenings - complete this form https://forms.gle/URYyGNwm3CdaNy8V7if you are interested in partnering on an event.

01/23/2026

Proud to support Kirsten Leenaar's 10-year long project exploring a coming of age story of Milwaukee youth exploring voting, activism, and identity through art and collaboration. Let the Real World In is now open at Haggerty Museum of Art a powerful multi-screen installation showing how the story all unfolded. Running through January 23 - March 26,2026. Go see it in person and experience the full installation.

01/17/2026

Thanks Fox 32 Chicago Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Reader WBEZ for getting the word out about our work-in-progress screening of Shouldering Sanctuary this week with Media Burn Independent Video Archive and Mirko Popadic's 1987 film Between Uncertainty & Hope at The Edge Theater

Truly appreciate the rigorous writing and attention to detail by Ambar Colón and Alec Karam, as well as the photography by Candace Dane Chambers and the conversation with Anita Blanton FOX 32 Chicago

https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2026/01/14/ice-documentary-chicago-shouldering-sanctuary

https://chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movie-feature/shouldering-sanctuary-ice-immigration-local-documentary/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxU5cInAbHE

We're planning more screenings this spring - do you know an organization or venue that would like to partner with us? https://forms.gle/URYyGNwm3CdaNy8V7

12/29/2025

This year we provided video production to 53 different nonprofits, artists, doc filmmakers, & journalism outlets, including 187 shoots, leading to 135 terabytes of data, and over 200 different videos and media assets delivered.

Lets work together in 2026!

12/22/2025

We're saddened to hear of the passing of artist Arkee Chaney.

Friends, family and loved ones gathered December 20 at his funeral to celebrate his life and impact.

You can honor Arkee by supporting Walls Turned Sideways - https://wallsturnedsideways.org/donate/, and hear his story in our short documentary, Arkee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjZYXYpWehM

12/12/2025

Immigrant Justice: Then & Now

A Screening with Media Burn Independent Video Archive
Jan 15, 2026 6pm at The Edge Theater 5451 N Broadway

Mirko Popadic's "Between Uncertainty and Hope" (21 min) which features Chicagoans protesting immigration raids in 1988 - will screen alongside our work-in-progress "Shouldering Sanctuary" (35 min), which follows activists, city council members, businesspeople and artists grappling with what it means for Chicago to be a Sanctuary City during the first year of the second Trump administration.

Discussion with 26th Ward Alderperson Jessie Fuentes, organizer Antonio Gutierrez (Organized Communities Against Deportation) and others will follow the screening.

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/immigrant-justice-then-now-screening-and-discussion-tickets-1972572937757

12/04/2025

Join us at Doc Chicago this weekend - which provides a space for documentary filmmakers to gain new insights and strengthen connections across our region. A scene from our project documenting the impact of Trump on immigrants and refugees is screening with other shorts on Friday (tickets: https://chicagofilmmakers.org/upcoming-screenings-and-events/doc-chicago-shorts-2025) and on Saturday we’ll be connecting with other filmmakers at Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events mini-conference at the Chicago Cultural Center (RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/doc-chicago-tickets-1972115498544?aff=oddtdtcreator). See you there!

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