26 Jun 2005
Billy Childish Is Dead
Portrait of Billy Childish.
Nightsong
A portrait of the Chicago Near-North nightlife scene in the mid-1960s, centering around the struggles and romantic desires of an African American singer played by long-forgotten folk sensation Willie Wright. (Courtesy Chicago Film Archives)
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Avery Schreiber Judy Harris
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