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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.CheatYouFairTheMovie.com/ Cheat You Fair website]
* [http://www.CheatYouFairTheMovie.com / Cheat You Fair website]
* [http://www.bigshoulders.com/default.aspx/ Big Shoulders Digital Video Productions, Chicago, IL]
* [http://www.bigshoulders.com/default.aspx / Big Shoulders Digital Video Productions, Chicago, IL]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0860834/ Internet Movie Database - Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0860834/ Internet Movie Database - Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street]
* [http://www.chicagodocfestival.org/arch_schedule_2007.htm/ Premiere of Cheat You Fair, 2007 Chicago International Documentary Festival]
* [http://www.chicagodocfestival.org/arch_schedule_2007.htm / Premiere of Cheat You Fair, 2007 Chicago International Documentary Festival]
* [http://www.chicagodocfestival.org/07_cheat%20your%20fair.htm/ Premiere of Cheat You Fair, 2007 Chicago International Documentary Festival]
* [http://www.chicagodocfestival.org/07_cheat%20your%20fair.htm / Premiere of Cheat You Fair, 2007 Chicago International Documentary Festival]
* [http://www.chopintheatre.com/event.php?id=146/ Screening of Cheat You Fair, Chopin Theater, Chicago, IL]
* [http://www.chopintheatre.com/event.php?id=146 / Screening of Cheat You Fair, Chopin Theater, Chicago, IL]
* [http://www.chicagodocfestival.org/arch_schedule_2007.htm/ Screening of Cheat You Fair, Portage Theater, Chicago, IL]
* [http://www.chicagodocfestival.org/arch_schedule_2007.htm / Screening of Cheat You Fair, Portage Theater, Chicago, IL]
* [http://www.chicagomag.com/Radar/Marquee/November-2007/Want-Some-Cheat-with-That-Whine/ Screening of Cheat You Fair, Skokie Theater, Skokie, IL]
* [http://www.chicagomag.com/Radar/Marquee/November-2007 / Want-Some-Cheat-with-That-Whine/ Screening of Cheat You Fair, Skokie Theater, Skokie, IL]
* [http://www.chicagomag.com/Radar/Chicago-Guide/Chicago-Guide/index.php?tagID=434&cp=7&si=60/ Screening of Cheat You Fair, Skokie Theater, Skokie, IL]
* [http://www.chicagomag.com/Radar/Chicago-Guide/Chicago-Guide/index.php?tagID=434&cp=7&si=60 / Screening of Cheat You Fair, Skokie Theater, Skokie, IL]
* [http://s65962.gridserver.com/home/ Screening of Cheat You Fair, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL]
* [http://s65962.gridserver.com/home / Screening of Cheat You Fair, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL]
* [http://www.electrifiedblues.com/ Screening of Cheat You Fair & Electrified, 2008 Red Gorilla Festival in Austin, Texas]
* [http://www.electrifiedblues.com / Screening of Cheat You Fair & Electrified, 2008 Red Gorilla Festival in Austin, Texas]
* [http://www.deepbluesfestival.com/DBF08FilmFest_sched_print.pdf/ Screening of Cheat You Fair & Electrified, 2008 Deep Blues Festival, Minneapolis, MN]
* [http://www.deepbluesfestival.com/DBF08FilmFest_sched_print.pdf / Screening of Cheat You Fair & Electrified, 2008 Deep Blues Festival, Minneapolis, MN]
* [http://www.bobtjeblues.com/node/706/ Screening of Cheat You Fair, 2008, Antwerp, Belgium Cultuurcentrum]
* [http://www.bobtjeblues.com/node/706 / Screening of Cheat You Fair, 2008, Antwerp, Belgium Cultuurcentrum]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHMHFO5n6Cc&NR=1/ 2008 Sundance Film Festival interview with director, Phil Ranstrom about his films, "Cheat You Fair" and "Electrified: The Story of the Maxwell Street Urban Blues"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHMHFO5n6Cc&NR=1 / 2008 Sundance Film Festival interview with director, Phil Ranstrom about his films, "Cheat You Fair" and "Electrified: The Story of the Maxwell Street Urban Blues"]
* [http://www.usinfo.pl/krakow/spotlight/Nov08.html/ Screening of Cheat You Fair & Electrified in various cities in Poland, 2008]
* [http://www.usinfo.pl/krakow/spotlight/Nov08.html / Screening of Cheat You Fair & Electrified in various cities in Poland, 2008]
* [http://krakow.usconsulate.gov/ambassador2/latest-events2/phil-ranstrom-director-of-blues-documentaries-will-visit-krakow-november-21-2008/ Screening of Cheat You Fair & Electrified in various cities in Poland, 2008]
* [http://krakow.usconsulate.gov/ambassador2/latest-events2/phil-ranstrom-director-of-blues-documentaries-will-visit-krakow-november-21-2008 / Screening of Cheat You Fair & Electrified in various cities in Poland, 2008]
* [http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/sundaypapers/wgnam-sunday-papers-12410-rick-kogan,0,1768553.mp3file Interview with Phil Ranstrom, "Sunday Papers", WGN Radio, Rick Kogan, 1/24/10]
* [http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/sundaypapers/wgnam-sunday-papers-12410-rick-kogan,0,1768553.mp3file / Interview with Phil Ranstrom, "Sunday Papers", WGN Radio, Rick Kogan, 1/24/10]
* [http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=40154/ Interview with Phil Ranstrom, "EightFortyEight", WBEZ Radio, Richard Steele, 2/19/10]
* [http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=40154 / Interview with Phil Ranstrom, "EightFortyEight", WBEZ Radio, Richard Steele, 2/19/10]
* [http://www.wgntv.com/news/middaynews/wgntv-chicago-scene-maxwell-street,0,5675733.story/ Interview with Phil Ranstrom, Midday News, WGN Television, Steve Sanders, 1/7/10]
* [http://www.wgntv.com/news/middaynews/wgntv-chicago-scene-maxwell-street,0,5675733.story / Interview with Phil Ranstrom, Midday News, WGN Television, Steve Sanders, 1/7/10]
* [http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/gone-but-not-forgotten/Content?oid=924865/ Review of Cheat You Fair, "Gone But Not Forgotten", Chicago Reader, Ben Joravsky, 4/26/07]
* [http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/gone-but-not-forgotten/Content?oid=924865 / Review of Cheat You Fair, "Gone But Not Forgotten", Chicago Reader, Ben Joravsky, 4/26/07]
* [http://chicagopublicradio.org/content.aspx?audioID=9859/ Interview with Phil Ranstrom, "EightFortyEIght", WBEZ Radio, Steve Edwards, 4/6/07]
* [http://chicagopublicradio.org/content.aspx?audioID=9859 / Interview with Phil Ranstrom, "EightFortyEIght", WBEZ Radio, Steve Edwards, 4/6/07]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/maxwellstreetdoc/ YouTube Maxwell Street Channel]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/maxwellstreetdoc / YouTube Maxwell Street Channel]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di-7zfZjvT8/ "I Remember Riverview" - part 1]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di-7zfZjvT8 / "I Remember Riverview" - part 1]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQntpqfbxHw&feature=related/ "I Remember Riverview" - part 2]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQntpqfbxHw&feature=related / "I Remember Riverview" - part 2]


[[Category:American documentary filmmakers]]
[[Category:American documentary filmmakers]]

Revision as of 22:54, 13 May 2010

Phil Ranstrom is an American documentary film director living in Chicago, Illinois and has been writing, producing and directing documentaries since the early 1980s. Among his credits are the 1983 Chicago Emmy Award nominated documentary, The Cocaine Express [1] and the critically-acclaimed, Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street, which Chicago Tribune writer and WGN (AM) host, Rick Kogan called, "One of the most remarkable pieces of work I've ever seen." [2]

All of Phil Ranstrom's documentaries prior to Cheat You Fair and Electrified were short films, shown on WTTW television in Chicago. Cheat You Fair is Phil's first feature length film. It is narrated by actor Joe Mantegna and details the rise and fall of Chicago's Maxwell Street. This epic film is presented in 3 acts—part history, part blues and part expose' about the fight to save the market from being destroyed by the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Each act is presented in a different documentary genre. Cheat You Fair is considered by many to be the definitive work about Chicago's Maxwell Street, as no other film or book captures this much history, music, interviews and information about this world-famous market. Cheat You Fair was also shown at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah [3]. It was also shown in various film festivals in the U.S.[4][5] and in Europe.[6][7] The DVD is available at the film's website.[8]

Multiple documentary sub-genres

All of Phil Ranstrom's documentaries vary in style and sub-genre. "The Cocaine Express", "Uptown Christian Soldiers", "Reclaiming America" and the third-act of "Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street" incorporate elements of the 'investigative' and 'news report' sub-genres, while "I Remember Riverview", "Cheat You Fair" and "Electrified" incorporate the 'historical', 'cultural' and 'experimental' sub-genres. Each of the three acts of "Cheat You Fair" utilizes a different sub-genre to tell the story - historical, musical and investigative.

Music documentaries

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation helped to sponsor two of Phil Ranstrom's films - "Cheat You Fair" and "Electrified". In addition, they are working together on a series of music documentaries including, "Pierogi Blues" and "Bounce To Disc".

Documentary Filmography

  • The Cocaine Express (1983)
  • I Remember Riverview (1984)
  • Uptown Christian Soldiers (1985)
  • Reclaiming America (1986)
  • Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street (2007)
  • Electrified: The Story of the Maxwell Street Urban Blues (2008)
  • Pierogi Blues (in-production) (2010)
  • Bounce to Disc (pre-production) (2011)

References

  1. ^ http://www.chicagodocfestival.org/07_cheat%20your%20fair.htm
  2. ^ http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/sundaypapers/wgnam-sunday-papers-12410rick-kogan,0,1768553.mp3file
  3. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHMHFO5n6Cc&NR=1
  4. ^ http://s65962.gridserver.com/home
  5. ^ http://www.deepbluesfestival.com/DBF08FilmFest_sched_print.pdf
  6. ^ http://www.bobtjeblues.com/node/706
  7. ^ http://krakow.usconsulate.gov/ambassador2/latest-events2/phil-ranstrom-director-of-blues-documentaries-will-visit-krakow-november-21-2008/
  8. ^ http://www.cheatyoufairthemovie.com
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