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City So Real

City So Real

2025Seasons : 1Episodes : 5
7.8

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Steve James’ fascinating and complex portrait of contemporary Chicago delivers a deep, multifaceted look into the soul of a quintessentially American city, set against the backdrop of its history-making 2019 mayoral election, and the tumultuous 2020 summer of COVID-19 and social upheaval following the police killing of George Floyd.

GenreDocumentary
Languagesen
Production CompaniesKartemquin Films, Participant, National Geographic Documentary Films
Production CcountriesUnited States of America

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