Work
sort by
music
Leonardo!
Manual Cinema Presents: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster
Leonardo is a terrible monster. He tries so hard to be scary, but he just… isn’t. Then Leonardo finds Sam, the most scaredy-cat kid in the…
Future Feeling
The Forger
The Forger is an Emmy Award-winning and Peabody Award-
nominated documentary short, produced by The New York Times.…
Frankenstein
Love, loss, and creation merge in unexpected ways as Manual Cinema presents its thrilling version of the classic Gothic tale Frankenstein
We Real Cool
Leonardo and Sam* The Film!
*THE TERRIBLE MONSTER AND THE MOST SCAREDY-CAT KID IN THE WHOLE WORLD, RESPECTIVELY
Lula del Ray
Ada/Ava
Bereaved of her twin sister Ava, septuagenarian Ada solitarily marks time in the patterns of a life built for two.…
No Blue Memories
THE LIFE OF GWENDOLYN BROOKS
No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks brings to life the story of one of Chicago’s most beloved figures. She was an icon, a poet laureate, and a Pulitzer Prize winner—but she was…
My Soul's Shadow
Manual Cinemaʼs adaptation of Engelbert Humperdinck’s classic opera accompanied by a live orchestra and vocalists
Chicagoland
Just A Dog
Just A Dog is a short documentary film directed by Andrea B. Scott, with an original score written, produced, recorded and mixed by Manual Cinema Co-Artistic Directors Ben Kauffman and Kyle Vegter.
In a nation bristling…