A Documentary Film
Our Sideof the Lake
Produced by Raven Scott. A story about the Chicago South Side lakefront — the water, the people, and the question of who gets to decide what comes next.
The Film
A young Chicago documentarian turns the camera on the South Side lakefront — a shoreline that wasn't always welcoming, wasn't always accessible, and wasn't always ours.
But people stayed. Built. Claimed it anyway.
Now billions of dollars and major developments are reshaping that same shore. So we're asking the people who actually live here: when the dust settles, who gets to stay?
Our Side of the Lake is a film about what it means to belong to a place that was never fully designed for you — and how far people will go to keep it.
Follow the journey
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