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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

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Chicago-shot indie horror

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Film (work_type: film) 1986 (review header year) Director/writer/producer: John McNaughton Cast: Michael Rooker (Henry), Tracy Arnold (Becky), Tom Towles (Otis) Greycat Films Shot beginning in 1985, with a cast drawn mostly from Chicago's Organic Theater Company (supports stored note: Chicago-shot)

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Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
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Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Where the Negro and white sections on the South Side meet, the white and Negro children sometimes play together, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Where the Negro and white sections on the South Side meet, the white and Negro children sometimes play together, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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