3 great Chicago film festival docs tell local stories

Edward Jones, who ran the “policy wheel” game of chance on the South Side, is profiled in “King of Kings.” (Abelart Productions)

The Chicago International Film Festival opened last week with a documentary — “A Compassionate Spy,” by Chicago filmmaker Steve James — and offers more nonfiction fare in its second week and closing weekend. 

International documentaries in the 58th annual showcase included the timely historical essays “A Natural History of Destruction” and “The March on Rome.”