American Midwest Movies

In 2004 a group of friends took the stage at a small coffee house in Dekalb Illinois with the sole purpose of pissing off everyone. Surprisingly,...

Behind the Bucket is a documentary following members of the 501st Legion--Star Wars Enthusiasts--showing how they are much more than adults playing...

Brad Tolan is a martial arts instructor who moves to De Soto to open a karate school. he is framed by chief deputy George and his partner officer...

Douglas Privett is a young musician who returns to the small mid-western town of his childhood to see Ezrela Mae Privett, the ailing grandmother...

Dauph returns home to face her father's impending death. Outside of town, a crop circle has appeared. Their search for hope leads them to its center.

A fascinating, fun-filled trip with segments on the 1884 courthouse riots, the 1937 Ohio River flood, Tony Trabert, Ezzard Charles, the Reds, the...

In the 1960s the cattle mutilation phenomenon became a widespread concern across the American west. Cases erupted around states like Wyoming, South...

When the immigrants came to America, their cultures entered the "great melting pot." In Michigan's Upper Peninsula Finnish immigrants mixed their...

Three stories that take place in Jennings Lodge, a provincial town in the US.

A 45 minute account of the life of a humble logger, named Vince Shute, who made one decision that would ultimately affect the black bear and the...

Coming back during Winter, Alex Powell explores both the places and personal connections found in his hometown and how they've changed. “Guide...

In a city of factories, bare trees, and looming cell towers, a graduate student named Smith disappears from his home. His disappearance is reported...

An industrial film sponsored by the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company promoting the "Cleveland Corridor," an 85-mile corner of northeast Ohio...

After investigating an Elder cult's meeting place, a professor wakes to find himself in an interrogation room with a grotesquely scarred hand.

A person performs routine tasks and relaxing activities to fight a troubling zeitgeist.

A Christmas comedy short in which two friends discover a corpse in the trunk of the car they were hoping to buy.

Despite Blacks making up only 7% of Madison WI's population, they are leading in so many important areas from education to politics, and are...

A severe storm unearths past and alternate lives of a midwestern farmhand.