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Kartemquin Films to announce inaugural grant recipients at 2018 Empowering Truth Benefit Luncheon

September 24, 2018 10:00 am

Kartemquin will for the first time announce recipients of $150,000 in grants for up to 15 films at the 2018 Kartemquin Films Empowering Truth Benefit Luncheon, taking place on November 1st at 11:30am at the Union League Club of Chicago.

Grants of up to $20,000 will be announced for eligible projects by debut or emerging filmmakers who are already receiving support through Kartemquin’s revered production process, which has guided over 65 award-winning, socially impactful films since the collective was founded in 1966.

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Steve James announced as 2018 AFI DOCS Guggenheim Honoree

May 18, 2018 12:13 pm

Kartemquin is thrilled to share that long-time Kartemquin associate Steve James has been announced as the 2018 AFI DOCS Charles Guggenheim Symposium honoree. Read the official release from AFI DOCS here.

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In memory of Art Shay

April 30, 2018 4:11 pm

Kartemquin is deeply saddened by the passing of Art Shay, one the country's most renowned photographers who snapped countless celebrities and pivotal moments of the 20th century. Shay graciously shared his photos of the 1963 Chicago Public Schools Boycott with the filmmaking team of our 2017 film '63 Boycott.

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Remembering Bill Nack

April 16, 2018 2:22 pm

Kartemquin is deeply saddened by the passing of William "Bill" Nack, who was featured in our 2014 documentary Life Itself, about Roger Ebert.

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Chicago's film community gathers to honor Roger Ebert; Kartemquin among 21 recipients of Ebert Foundation grant

April 7, 2017 11:14 am

On Tuesday, April 4, members of Chicago's film community, charity leaders and Chicago figures gathered outside of the Chicago Theatre to honor the late film critic Roger Ebert, who passed away on April 4, 2013. It was in that same spot outside of the Chicago theatre that Ebert delivered his famous quote about movies functioning as machines that generate empathy.

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#CIFF41 honors Steve James with Director's Spotlight Award

February 27, 2017 11:13 am

Acclaimed director and long-time Kartemquin associate Steve James will be honored by the Cleveland International Film Festival with the festival's Director's Spotlight Award. Previous award recipients include the likes of Kurt Kuenne, Jan Hřebejk, John Sayles, Rolf de Heer, Freida Lee Mock, Todd Solondz and Goran Markovic.

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The most-watched Kartemquin films of 2016

January 3, 2017 3:33 pm

In honor of our 50th Anniversary Year, we streamed every Kartemquin Film for free, week by week, all year. Our films were watched by viewers in 49 countries around the world. Here are the top eight films that viewers watched most:

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#KTQ50: Watch Life Itself for free this week

September 30, 2016 4:32 pm

From today until Friday, October 7th, the free KTQ50 film is Life Itself (2014). Watch it now.

"A life spent at the movies gets the cinematic epitaph it richly deserves in Life Itself, documentarian Steve James’ meticulous and intensely emotional portrait of the late Roger Ebert." — Scott Foundas, Variety

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The Homestretch and Life Itself Win Emmy Awards

September 21, 2016 9:24 pm

Kartemquin Films won two Emmy Awards tonight at the 37th News and Documentary Emmys in New York City.

The Homestretch, directed and produced by Kirsten Kelly and Anne de Mare, won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting - Long Form.

Life Itself won Outstanding Editing: Documentary And Long Form for the film's Editors Steve James and David E. Simpson.

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Steve James to be honored by Cinema Eye as one of top documentary filmmakers of the decade

September 21, 2016 2:27 pm

To celebrate their 10th anniversary, the Cinema Eye Honors has chosen to recognize the top 20 nonfiction films and top 10 nonfiction filmmakers from the past decade.

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