Movies: Midwest

Supernatural entities spawned from a long defunct steel mill prompt quirky locals in a nearby town to confront their personal shortcomings in a nod to properties like The Twilight Zone and Twin Peaks....

When the immigrants came to America, their cultures entered the "great melting pot." In Michigan's Upper Peninsula Finnish immigrants mixed their musical traditions with many other cultures, creating a sound that was unique to the "Copper Country."...

Tillie's lonely life as a roadkill removal worker is destabilized when Wanda, a lively stranger, arrives in town....

When a couple of college kids decide to go on a hunting trip for their Christmas break, they get more than they bargained for when their past comes back to haunt them....

A lonely college student grieving the loss of his mother has found purpose in a local megachurch. When a young pastor invites him to Chicago for a summer internship evangelizing the 'lost', his new faith is put to the test....

THE ARYANS is Mo Asumang's personal journey into the madness of racism during which she meets German neo-Nazis, the US leading racist, the notorious Tom Metzger and Ku Klux Klan members in the alarming twilight of the Midwest. In The ARYANS Mo questi...

A handful of strangers encounter isolation, fear, loneliness and otherworldy phenomenoms as they live life in the heart of the frozen midwest....

The Iowa State Fair draws millions of people to the city of Des Moines every year. However, this film is not about the Iowa State Fair or the people who attend. It's about where they park their cars. Inspired by the classic documentary, "Heavy Metal...

Two public broadcast employees, tired of their dead-end jobs, set out to make a documentary proving aliens exist in a small Minnesotan farming community....

A young couple struggling with infertility seeks the aide of a healer with a promised remedy, while unknown forces also work to provide them with what they wish....

A feature documentary about Kansas City, as its people tell us how they got through the pandemic and look back at what they lost....

In the wake of her grandma’s death, a precocious teenager embarks on a road trip to James Dean’s hometown with her older brother and filmmaker neighbor....

MIDWESTERN PASADENA follows Maisie Andrews who is home from college on her "winter break". As she gets settled in, she bumps into her neighbor, Angus, as they reconnect. Maisie finds out that Angus is taking a gap year to save up and travel. Througho...

A man with a haunted past returns to his small midwestern town to check on his brother who has had a bit of a mental break. Upon arriving in the town of Savenville, he finds his brother holed up, sitting in front of a boarded up section of his house,...

Roommates run into some trouble. Part 1...

A wounded European settler gets aid from a Native American but soon finds out that the same boy could be part of the slaughter of his entire family....

Newlyweds Arthur and Holly inherit a failing motel, and when two outlaws arrive, their differing reactions ignite mistrust, pushing their marriage toward a deadly breaking point....

Mondele is a poignant coming-of-age film that explores the immigrant experience through the lives of Mary and her son Nathan, immigrants from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who strive to build a new life in the American Midwest. As Nathan pursues ...

A small urban city with a gargantuan wealth of history, contributions, and changes. From the steel industry, music, politics, education, and sports; Gary, Indiana has made its mark on the region, state, and country. With all of the richness found in...

Less than a century ago, there was an area in the Midwest that resembled the swamplands of Florida's Everglades. Sometimes called the "Everglades of the North", The Grand Kankakee Marsh once saturated nearly a million acres in Northern Indiana and a ...