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EASTLAND: CHICAGO'S DEADLIEST DAY

The chilling story of how hundreds of immigrant factory workers and their families, setting out for leisurely summer cruise, died aboard a heavily loaded steamship that tipped over while still tied to the dock in downtown Chicago. . .

. . .and how the rich and powerful who were responsible got away with it.

First-generation relatives of victims recount how the tragedy affected their families for decades while original court documents dug out of the National Archives reveal that the Eastland’s owners knew of the ship’s stability problems months before the disaster - yet rolled the dice as innocent immigrant passengers boarded on July 24, 1915, for a Western Electric company picnic.

WINNER of two 2020 MIDWEST EMMY® AWARDS:

Best Historical Documentary and Best Music & Sound Design

INTERNATIONAL MARITIME FILM FESTIVAL

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TELLY AWARDS

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"BEST DOCUMENTARIES OF 2020" - Video Librarian

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