| Algren (2021) Self |
| Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All... (2015) |
| Soul of a People: Writing America's Story (2009) Self |
| Studs Terkel: Listening to America (2009) Self |
| Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago (2007) Self |
| Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street (2006) self |
| A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (2005) |
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) Other Voices (voice) |
| The Big One (1997) Self - Author / Radio Host |
| Anthem (1997) Self |
| Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (1997) |
| Corwin (1996) Self |
| To Write and Keep Kind (1992) Poetry Reader |
| Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union (1992) Self (voice) |
| Ridin' the Dog (1989) Self - Narrator (voice) |
| Eight Men Out (1988) Hugh Fullerton |
| Studs Terkel's Chicago (1985) Self |
| The Dollmaker (1984) Taxi Driver |
| The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War (1984) Himself |
| Working (1982) Self - Host |
| The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (1982) Self |
| Chicago Blues (1972) |