Thumbs Down1968

The experiences of two elderly people are depicted in their first month at a home for the aged.

Two young nuns explore Chicago, from a supermarket to the Art Institute and in front of churches on Sunday, confronting people with the crucial question, "Are you happy?"

Ten-year-old Pam Taylor and her twelve-year-old brother Scott are followed around their multiracial West Lincoln Park neighborhood. The kids worry that they'll be forced out of the neighborhood they grew up in by gentrification.

A parish youth group in a lower middle-class in a Chicago neighborhood discusses parental authority, what growing up means and the difficulties of communicating with their parents.

Four years in the lives of a diverse group of contemporary immigrants and refugees as they journey to start new lives in America.

A rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the film documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between a Steelworkers President and the ten major steel companies.