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Virtual Program 5 – King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
October 28, 2023 - November 10, 2023
King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
Director/Writer: Harriet Marin Jones
Writers: Michel Fessler, Giles Gardner
Producers: Harriet Marin Jones, Quincy Jones, Debbie Allen
Documentary, 98 min.
A filmmaker searches for the truth about her grandfather Edward Jones, a charismatic African American who rose to the heights of financial and political prominence in Depression-era Chicago. In shaping the destiny of a city, Ed Jones could not however escape discrimination. In conflict with both the mob and the Feds, he was forced into a life on the run.