I really wanted to do this one, for it to be entertaining and draw people to stay from beginning until the end if it's in a way that takes them in. "The idea to have the world premiere in Chicago makes so much sense. "I would have to call them the Robin Hoods of Chicago because they took care of their people," Quincy said. Since our knowledge of history extends about as far back as the latest episode of Pawn Stars, we called in local bar historians Jonathan Porter of Chicago Prohibition Tours and Sean Parnell of. Music icon Quincy Jones knew the Jones family while growing up on the South Side, and is working on his own film about the Policy Kings. And when you think that in the 30s and 40s, the south side, Bronzeville was a strident community." "A lot of the money they made, they invested it back into the community. "Well, for me, it really shows that in the midst of segregation, and in a time when it was very difficult for the African American community, that you could still, really make it," Jones said. You can be sure that my mother never said a single thing." "I had no idea that my grandfather had been one of the richest men in the United States. "This illegal numbers game was controlled at the time by African Americans, and then eventually they were gonna let the mob take in, it changed everything and then eventually the government took it over, changed the name, legalized it and it became the state lottery," Jones said. A special police task force is formed to take down his gang. Harriet Marin Jones is his granddaughter, and spent a decade and her own money making the film. SEE ALSO | Film festival founder shares how he brought Hollywood - and the world - to ChicagoĮdward Jones and his brothers ran the illegal racket called "Policy" in Bronzeville, and it made millions. There's a free showing for the community at the Hamilton Park Cultural Center on Friday at 6:30 p.m. "King Of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones" premieres at the Chicago History Museum on Wednesday at 6 p.m. It follows Edward Jones, who was involved in an illegal Illinois lottery racket.ĬHICAGO (WLS) - The state lottery is big business, but long before it got started, there was a thriving numbers game of chance in Chicago.Ī new movie reveals a fascinating chapter in the city's Black history. 1930s Armstrongs Jazz Inspiration It was in the clubs and record studios of Chicago that Louis Armstrong truly became a star, and secured jazz its indisputable legitimacy as an art form. The Loop, State Street, the Marshall Field Department Store, Wabash Avenue, Michigan Avenue Melrose at Sheridan Road and the Eastman Kodak building. See the elevated trains, street cars, buses, traffic, shops, offices, signage and street scenes. A new movie is premiering for the 2022 Chicago Film Festival. Chicago in the 1930s Footage Travel back in time with footage of Chicago in the 1930s.
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