The Book of the Grotesque

THE BOOK OF THE GROTESQUE is a quilted assembly of a critically acclaimed trilogy of films that have ensemble casts, are black and white, multilingual, multiracial, and focused on the shared human experience of marginalization, isolation, and longing. They are collectively a portrait of Chicago, which has been called the most American of American cities. The film's title is drawn from Sherwood Anderson’s "Winesburg, Ohio," a landmark work written in Chicago.

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WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DANIEL NEARING

ORIGINAL SCORE BY PAUL BHASIN

EDITED BY PHILIP LARKIN AND KAT QUINTIAN

 

IN PRODUCTION 2025 – 2026