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Monday, July 15, 2019 12:30 pm

McCormick Place - South Building

Chicago, IL

America to Me filmmakers host a “Real Talk” about racial equity in Chicago schools, using clips from the film to ignite conversations that identify structural inequities in the docuseries, and in your school!

Details here.

First Kartemquin Fall Festival exhibits and celebrates Chicago's diverse documentary community

November 8, 2016 7:41 pm

Kartemquin's very first Fall Festival, in partnership with ArcLight Cinemas Chicago, spanned three days and exhibited 26 films, 62% of which were directed by filmmakers of color and 50% by women. We were thrilled to be joined by so many members of the diverse Chicago documentary community, and to share in the viewing of groundbreaking work and lively post-screening discussions.

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Saturday, October 29, 2016 10:00 am

DePaul CDM Theater

247 South State Street

Chicago, IL

DePaul University will be holding a documentary masterclass with director Gordon Quinn and editor Leslie Simmer. The event will begin at 10:00 AM with a workshop taught by Gordon Quinn that focuses on the relationship between the Director, Cinematographer and even Editor - your experience taking on the different roles and how it influences your documentary work. Leslie's class will begin at 1:00 PM and will teach students how to edit the documentary and analyze editing decisions at different points in the film’s edit. This is a free event. For more information and registration, click here.

Kartemquin Films marks 50th Anniversary by announcing Fall Festival, New Fund for Filmmaker Support at #KTQ50 Birthday Party Event in Chicago

June 24, 2016 1:28 pm

Retrospectives in New York and Los Angeles to Highlight Five Decades of Documentaries
Nearly 1,000 Party Attendees Include CEO of PBS, Stars of Films and Directors from the Past 50 Years of Kartemquin, Elected Officials

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National Homeless Youth Awareness Month

November 10, 2015 3:29 pm

November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, an opportunity for organizations and individuals around the country to spread the word about youth homelessness. To amplify discussions about the challenges young people experiencing homelessness face, and to enrich dialogue about how we can support them, The Homestretch team is championing 3 initiatives that will help spread the word.

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Fewer than 30 spots remain for the KTQ Summer Soiree

June 17, 2015 6:51 pm

On Friday, June 26th, we'll celebrate spectacular Chicago views, people, and documentaries at our KTQ Summer Soirée.

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Celebrate the Hoop Dreams Blu-Ray with a Full Frame Exclusive

March 31, 2015 7:07 am

Our classic documentary Hoop Dreams is available today on Blu-Ray for the first time, courtesy of The Criterion Collection.

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Full Frame 2015 Selects Saving Mes Aynak

March 13, 2015 8:45 am

We are delighted to announce that Saving Mes Aynak will screen at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

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Steve James to share documentary tips in Vancouver & Portland

March 10, 2015 4:42 pm

Documentary filmmakers in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia can glean some tips of the trade from Steve James, as he offers upcoming masterclass sessions.

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Gordon Quinn to speak on Documentary Ethics at East Doc Platform

March 2, 2015 12:12 pm

Kartemquin's Artistic Director Gordon Quinn is in Prague this week for the East Doc Platform organized by the Czech Institut dokumentárního filmu (Institute of Documentary Film - IDF Prague).

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