Dave Hoekstra
Producer/writer
Dave Hoekstra
Producer/writer
All my work attempts to honor connection, discovery and understanding in these complicated times.
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Dave Hoekstra is a Chicago author, documentarian and radio host.

He was a columnist-critic at the Chicago Sun-Times from 1985 through 2014, where he won a 2013 Studs Terkel Community Media Award. He is a weekend host on WGN-AM 720 in Chicago. His book “The People’s Place (Soul Food Restaurants and Reminiscences From the Civil Rights Era to Today)|” was released October, 2015 on Chicago Review Press. In June, 2018 he released "The Camper Book (A Celebration of a Moveable American Dream)" on Chicago Review Press.
Filmography
  • Writer (2 Credits)
    "The Staple Singers and the Civil Rights Movement"
    Documentary, Short
    The Center of Nowhere (The Spirit and Sounds of Springfield, Mo)2018
    Documentary, Feature
  • Director (2 Credits)
    "The Staple Singers and the Civil Rights Movement"
    Documentary, Short
    The Center of Nowhere (The Spirit and Sounds of Springfield, Mo)2018
    Documentary, Feature
Education
High School
Naperville Central High School
Journalism
1969 – 1973
Personal Details
Birth City
Berwyn, Illinois
Current City
Westchester, Illinois
All my work attempts to honor connection, discovery and understanding in these complicated times.
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