Chicago Organization Is Making a Difference By Helping Documentary Filmmakers

WDCB's Gary Zidek talks to Chicago Media Project co-founder and CEO Paula Froehle about CMP's mission, this year's Sundance Film Festival and the organization's support of three Oscar-nominated films.

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WDCB's Gary Zidek talks to Chicago Media Project CEO Paula Froehle about CMP's mission to support documentary filmmakers.

Chicago Media Project co-founder/CEO Paula Froehle

"I think of it as a tradition that goes way-back into the history of the arts. The Renaissance period, where the people of wealth and of means extended their capacity to artists who were creating important works at the time, and that's how we see these documentary filmmakers as really creating the art that is reflective of time in which we live" - Paula Froehle

ICARUS is nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary category this year. The film was made with support from Chicago Media Project.

Image from CMP-supported documentary ICARUS

CMP-supported 306 HOLLYWOOD received some early buzz after premiering at this year's Sundance Film Festival

Image from the CMP-supported documentary 306 HOLLYWOOD

Chicago Media Project will present a special screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary ICARUS at a Dinner & Docs event at the Davis Theater in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on February 22nd.