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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

Documentary series about Chicago’s West Side planned

A family photo that includes relatives of filmmaker Deontay Wilson, the director of “Westside Stories: Paradise Lost,” a documentary about what the West Side was like when it was a haven for African Americans fleeing the South as part of the Great Migration and what it is like today. (Courtesy of Darlene Wilson)

A filmmaker who plans to produce a series about Chicago’s West Side will screen his first installment Thursday in Austin.

Deontay Wilson, a native of North Lawndale, will screen his “Westside Stories: Paradise Lost” at the Kehrein Center For The Arts, 5628 W. Washington Blvd.

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