We are thrilled to share two Kartemquin films, Minding the Gap and America to Me have earned nominations for the 2018 Critics' Choice Awards. Minding the Gap is the second-most nominated film this year, with five nominations total. Read the full list of nominees in IndieWire. Nominations for Minding the Gap: Best Documentary Best Director Best First Time Director Best Sports Documentary Best Cinematography Continued

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. Continued

Applications are now open for Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID), a mentorship program for Midwestern documentary makers of color organized by Kartemquin Films and the Community Film Workshop of Chicago. Eight Midwest filmmakers will be selected from those who apply before the November 1 deadline. Apply HERE Continued

Holding the #1 spot for best-reviewed film of 2018 for two consecutive weeks, Minding the Gap opens its 2-week Chicago theatrical run at the Gene Siskel Film Center tonight, August 31, at 8pm. Pre-screening reception begins at 7pm. Purchase tickets here. Continued

Following its Hulu and theatrical release this past weekend, Minding the Gap by Bing Liu is now the best reviewed film of 2018 (per Metacritic), a New York Times Critics' Pick, and maintains 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Barry Jenkins (Medicine for Melancholy, Moonlight) and skateboarding legend Tony Hawk both took to Twitter to rave about film, Jenkins writing "The heart in this film is so damn big." Continued

Minding the Gap, the award-winning debut feature from Bing Liu comes to Hulu and select theaters beginning today August 17! Watch the film - currently at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes - on Hulu now. Continued

Acclaimed director Steve James will receive Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival's 'Sustained Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking Award' on the closing night of the fest at 6:30PM on August 26. The fest will also screen James' 2018 Academy Award-nominated film Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, the first two episodes of James' upcoming Starz-acquired series America to Me, and Bing Liu's Minding the Gap (executive produced by James). Screenings: Saturday, August 25 7:15PM - Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Sunday, August 26 1PM - America to Me Sunday, August 26 4PM - Minding the Gap Continued

Hulu today released the official trailer for Minding the Gap, the Sundance Special Jury Award-winning film directed, produced and edited by Bing Liu, produced by Diane Quon, and edited by Joshua Altman. The film will be available on Hulu and released theatrically by Magnolia Pictures beginning August 17. Official Trailer: Continued

Today The Film Stage unveiled the official Hulu poster for Bing Liu's Sundance award-winning Minding the Gap in an exclusive – calling it "2018's best documentary so far." See the full exclusive here. The film will be available on Hulu, with a simultaneous theatrical release through Magnolia Pictures, starting August 17. Find all upcoming screenings here. Continued

Leading documentary industry funders will visit Chicago on Saturday, June 23rd to assess the eight in-progress projects being made by Midwestern documentary makers of color through Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID), a nine-month professional mentorship program organized by Kartemquin Films and the Community Film Workshop of Chicago. Funder panelists gathering at the DePaul University School of Cinematic Arts to review pitches and view previews by the 2018 DVID cohort will include: Chloe Gbai, POV Jannet Nuñez, ITVS Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs, Sundance Institute Marjon Javadi, Doc Society Leslie Fields-Cruz, Black Public Media Dan Soles, WTTW Continued