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Hogtown is a multi-racial, multilingual "period-less" 2015 independent film. Set against the backdrop of the 1919 Chicago race riots, the story revolves around the mysterious disappearance of a millionaire theater owner during a snowstorm. Bill Stamets of the Chicago Sun-Times acknowledged Hogtown as "the most original film made in Chicago about Chicago to date".^[1] It was named one of the 10 Best Films of 2016 by Ben Kenigsberg, who reviewed the film for The New York Times, and JR Jones of The Chicago Reader named it the best film about Chicago and the best film made in Chicago, "period," for 2015.^[2] The film won Best Picture awards at the 30th Black International Cinema Berlin, the 2015 International Black Film Festival (Nashville), the 2015 Los Angeles Black Film Festival, and the 2015 Independent Film Playoff (Los Angeles). It is the second of three films in an unnamed trilogy, following the 2010 film Chicago Heights.^[3] The third film, Sister Carrie, is in development.

Factual basis

The era in which the story is set was when the infamous Chicago Race Riots of 1919 had the city in the throes of racial tension, and includes characters based on individuals involved in that crisis, including its first victim, Eugene Williams, and the first injured policeman, Dan Callahan.

Ambrose Greenaway, the theatre owner of the film, is modeled on Ambrose Small, who disappeared during a snowstorm in Toronto on December 2, 1919. The prime suspects in his disappearance are similarly modeled on real people - Theresa Greenaway on Theresa Small, and John Doughty, based on Small's accountant of the same name.

Ernest Hemingway, who lived in Toronto and in Oak Park (a suburb of Chicago) in this period, is also a character, as is the American author Sherwood Anderson, who was living and working in Chicago at that time.

In 1919 Chicago also faced the Black Sox Scandal, one of Major League Baseball's first, and biggest, cheating scandals.

Cast

Production

Hogtown was filmed on location in Chicago and nearby cities; Crown Point, Indiana; Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; and Paris, France.^[4] A portion of the film’s micro-budget was courtesy of an Individual Artists Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events and the Illinois Arts Council.

Music

Reviews

Ben Kenigsberg of The New York Times included Hogtown in the 10th position on his list of the 10 Best Films of 2016, saying “Daniel Nearing has carved out an original and boldly unfashionable niche. Hogtown plays like a find from a forgotten archive.”^[7]

Awards and recognition

References

1. ^{{cite web|last1=Stamets|first1=Bill|title=A Highly Original Vision of 1919 Chicago|url=http://entertainment.suntimes.com/movies/hogtown-highly-original-vision-1919-chicago/|publisher=The Chicago Sun-Times|accessdate=7 March 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228221210/http://entertainment.suntimes.com/movies/hogtown-highly-original-vision-1919-chicago/|archivedate=28 February 2015|df=}}
2. ^{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=JR|title=Best new local production (drama)|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/new-local-production-drama/BestOf?oid=17926161|website=Chicago Reader}}
3. ^{{cite web|last=Mims|first=Sergio|title=Watch First Teaser Trailer For Daniel Nearing’s Experimental Period Drama 'Hogtown'|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/watch-first-teaser-trailer-for-daniel-nearings-period-drama-hogtown|publisher=Indiewire|accessdate=27 November 2013}}
4. ^{{Cite web|title = CIFF: Calgary-raised filmmaker Daniel Nearing explores gritty Chicago with Hogtown|url = https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/ciff-calgary-raised-filmmaker-daniel-nearing-explores-gritty-chicago-with-hogtown|website = Calgary Herald|publisher = |accessdate = 2015-12-04|language = en-US}}
5. ^{{Cite web|title = Hogtown|url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hogtown/|website = Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate = 2015-12-04}}
6. ^{{cite web|last1=Stamets|first1=Bill|title=A Highly Original Vision of 1919 Chicago|url=http://entertainment.suntimes.com/movies/hogtown-highly-original-vision-1919-chicago/|publisher=The Chicago Sun-Times|accessdate=7 March 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228221210/http://entertainment.suntimes.com/movies/hogtown-highly-original-vision-1919-chicago/|archivedate=28 February 2015|df=}}
7. ^{{cite web|last1=Kenigsberg|first1=Ben|title=‘Hogtown’ Tells a Poetic Detective Story in Chicago|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/movies/hogtown-review.html?_r=0|website=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=8 February 2017}}
8. ^{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=JR|title=Best new local production (drama)|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/new-local-production-drama/BestOf?oid=17926161|website=Chicago Reader}}
9. ^{{Cite web|title = Review: 'Hogtown'|url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-specialty-screening-hogtown-20150219-column.html|website = Chicago Tribune|accessdate = 2015-12-04|last = Phillips|first = Michael}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ibffevents.com/#!best-feature-film-2015/c1fyz|title=Best Feature Film Award Hogtown}}
11. ^{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=JR|title=Best new local production (drama)|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/new-local-production-drama/BestOf?oid=17926161|work=Chicago Reader}}
12. ^{{cite web|title=Los Angeles Big House Festival Alliance|url=http://www.bighousenow.com/}}