About

Our tours and programs explore singular aspects of cinema and/or television: for example, TV production inside a working prison, film genres in The Blues Brothers, toupees in 1920s Chicago.

Our deliberate decision to specialize in this way means guests get to experience an in-depth and memorable event that encourages them to reconsider the filmmaking process and Chicagoland.

Our founder and guide, Kelli, spent more than a decade teaching, researching, and publishing in the field. Now, Kelli takes her expertise and love of teaching beyond the traditional classroom and into real-world settings.

Join us to hear well-researched stories and secrets related to Chicago and film, always contextualized in history and culture.

Through our tours and programs, we are committed to exploring the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. After all, both regions offer unique features and histories, especially regarding movies.

​To do this, we cultivate partnerships and arrangements with popular and offbeat venues related to Chicago and film—to provide you with unique access, early admission, and exclusive privileges.

Since humans spend nearly half their day interacting with media, we believe that studying film, TV, and other media forms is crucial to our understanding of their effects on our lives. 

Mass media shape virtually everything we learn. Mass media determine what we talk and care about. ​Mass media study us, so why shouldn’t we study them?