{{Infobox film | name = High Chicago | image = High Chicago poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Alfons Adetuyi | producer = Alfons Adetuyi | writer = Robert Adetuyi | starring = {{Plainlist| * Colin Salmon * Karen LeBlanc * Kevin Hanchard * Sebastian Pigott }} | music = Frank Fitzpatrick | cinematography = Rhett Morita | editing = Lisa di Michele | released = {{Film date|2011|09||Cinéfest|ref1=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sudburylivingmagazine.com/2011/09/01/adetuyi-brothers-film-to-be-shown-at-cinefest.html|title=Sudbury Living - Adetuyi brothers film to be shown at Cinefest|publisher=|accessdate=1 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sudbury.com/lifestyle/this-years-cinefest-features-something-for-everybody-235881|title=This year's Cinéfest features 'something for everybody'|work=Sudbury.com|accessdate=1 June 2020}}</ref>}} }}

'''''High Chicago''''' (also released as '''''A Family Man''''') is a 2011 drama film.<ref name=Nugget201o-10-12/> Director Alfons Adetuyi and his brother, screenwriter Robert Adetuyi, used locations in their home town of Sudbury, Ontario when making the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesudburystar.com/2010/07/03/adetuyi-brothers-come-home|title=Sudbury Star|website=Sudbury Star|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-17}}</ref>

The film had its US premier at the 2012 Pan African Film Festival in February 2012.<ref name=ShadowAndAct2012-02-06/><ref name=FFCentral2012-04-17/> It had its Toronto premier at the 2012 ReelWorld Film Festival in April 2012.<ref name=Pennant2012-03-20/> In an interview in Shadow and Act magazine Adetuyi revealed that his film about a father with a dream was based on one of his own father's dreams. His father had dreamed of opening a North American style drive-in movie theatre in Africa.

The film was Adetuyi's first feature film, although he and his brothers had run a film production company, Inner City Films, for over a decade.<ref name=FFCentral2012-04-17/><ref name=NorthernLifeHighChicago/> Angelo Muredda praised the film for an absence of the mistakes beginning directors usually make on their debut feature films.

Adetuyi told the ''Sudbury Star'' shortly after the release of ''High Chicago'' that he planned to return to Sudbury to shoot a second film, as he saw ''High Chicago'' as the first in an "African trilogy".<ref name=SudburyStar2012-04-15/>

==Plot==

Colin Salmon stars as Sam, a hard-drinking father of three, ex-Navy man, ex-miner, and soon to be ex-husband. Sam takes to gambling to bankroll his crazy plan to open a drive-in theatre in Africa. Equally desperate to support his family and keep his dream alive, we watch as Sam’s life spirals out of control in a showdown with a deadly Detroit card shark.

==Festivals==

*Montreal International Black Film Festival, 2012 *Chicago Black Harvest Film Festival, 2012 *Boston Roxbury International Film Festival, 2012 *Canadian Cinema Editors Awards, 2012 - Nomination - "Best Editing - Feature Length Dramatic" *ReelWorld Film Festival, 2012 - Awards - "Outstanding Canadian Feature" and "Audience Choice Award" *African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), 2012 - Nomination - "Best Diaspora Feature" *Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival, 2012 - Nomination - "Best Director First Feature" *Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, 2011

== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=Pennant2012-03-20> {{cite news | url = http://pennantmediagroup.com/en/inner-city-films-high-chicago-premieres-in-toronto-at-the-2012-reelworld-film-festival/ | title = Inner City Films' High Chicago premieres in Toronto at the 2012 ReelWorld Film Festival | publisher = Pennant Media Group | author = | date = 2012-03-20 | page = | location = | accessdate = 2015-02-22 | quote = Inner City Films will be having the Toronto premier of its latest film High Chicago at the ReelWorld Film Festival on April 14, 2012, taking place at Famous Players Canada Square Cinemas 4 Theatre at 2:30PM. }} </ref> <ref name=NorthernLifeHighChicago> {{cite news | url = http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2010/07/sudbury-film290710.aspx | title = Boosting home-grown film | publisher = Northern Life | author = | date = 2010-07-28 | page = | location = | accessdate = 2015-02-22 | quote = }} </ref> <ref name=SudburyStar2012-04-15>{{cite news |url = http://www.thesudburystar.com/2012/04/14/filmmaker-favours-sudbury-for-filming |title = Filmmaker favours Sudbury for filming 0 |publisher = Sudbury Star |author = Kevin Priddle |date = 2012-04-15 |page = |location = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170829075848/http://www.thesudburystar.com/2012/04/14/filmmaker-favours-sudbury-for-filming |archivedate = 2017-08-29 |accessdate = 2015-02-22 |url-status = dead |quote = If Alfons Adetuyi -- a Sudbury Secondary graduate turned internationally renowned filmmaker -- has his way, he'll be back in Sudbury as early as next year to start shooting the second film in what he calls his 'Africa Trilogy.' }}</ref> <ref name=FFCentral2012-04-17> {{cite news | url = http://www.filmfreakcentral.net/ffc/2012/04/high-chicago.html | title = High Chicago (2012) | publisher = Film Freak Central | author = Angelo Muredda | date = 2012-04-17 | page = | location = | accessdate = 2015-02-22 | quote = }} </ref> <ref name=ShadowAndAct2012-02-06> {{cite news | url = http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/exclusive-director-producer-alfons-adetuyi-talks-high-chicago-at-paff-this-month-more | title = Exclusive: Director/Producer Alfons Adetuyi Talks "High Chicago" (PAFF Premiere) Plus Future Projects | publisher = Shadow and Act | author = Vanessa Martinez | date = 2012-02-06 | page = | location = | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120209141503/http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/exclusive-director-producer-alfons-adetuyi-talks-high-chicago-at-paff-this-month-more | archivedate = 2012-02-09 | accessdate = 2015-02-22 | url-status = dead | quote = In eager anticipation for his new film High Chicago, premiering stateside at the Pan African Film Festival this month, I had the pleasure of interviewing director and producer Alfons Adetuyi, who shared his inspiration for his first full length feature directorial effort. }} </ref> <ref name=Nugget201o-10-12>{{cite news |url = http://www.nugget.ca/2010/10/11/small-film-production-in-the-area-keeps-local-talent-busy |title = Small film production in the area keeps local talent busy |publisher = North Bay Nugget |author = Makia Calabrese |date = 2010-10-12 |page = |location = |accessdate = 2015-02-14 |quote = |archive-date = 2013-09-30 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130930143456/http://www.nugget.ca/2010/10/11/small-film-production-in-the-area-keeps-local-talent-busy |url-status = dead }}</ref> }}

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Category:2011 films Category:Films shot in Greater Sudbury Category:Canadian drama films Category:English-language Canadian films Category:Films directed by Alfons Adetuyi Category:2011 Canadian films