May 17, 2016 1:00 pm
Ahead of our 50th anniversary celebration on June 24th at the Harris Theater Rooftop, we open our archives to the Chicago public with the exhibition “Kartemquin Films 1966-2016: Democracy through Documentary” opening on May 21st and running through August 20th at Expo 72 (72 E. Randolph St, Chicago, IL, 60601).
May 14, 2015 4:41 pm
Join us for The School Project’s sixth and final episode, which features the world premiere of Teaching, a short documentary directed by Gordon Quinn and Rachel Dickson that explores a model for math education that has quietly been getting results year after year.
April 21, 2015 10:22 am
What's the future of Charter Schools in Chicago? The School Project, a collaboratively-made transmedia documentary series about public education, will explore this question in its fifth episode. UnChartered Territory, at the Chicago Cultural Center at 2pm on April 25th. RSVP to attend this free event.
April 10, 2015 6:22 am
March 18, 2015 1:40 pm
The School Project, a collaboratively-made transmedia documentary series about public education, hosts its fourth event on Tuesday, March 31st at 5:00pm at the the Claudia Cassidy Theater in the Chicago Cultural Center.
March 5, 2015 4:37 pm
The third episode of The School Project, a collaboratively-made transmedia documentary series about public education, is now online. Watch "Restoring Justice" here:
February 25, 2015 4:53 pm
The School Project, a collaboratively-made transmedia documentary series about public education, hosts its third public event on Thursday, March 5th at 5:30pm at the North Lawndale College Prep Collins Campus Auditorium in Chicago.
January 22, 2015 10:55 am
In a sold out live event premiere tonight at 6:30pm, The School Project, a collaboratively-made documentary web series about public education, presents its second episode: "Chicago Public Schools: Closed", followed by a debate about the effect of the 2013 Chicago Public School closings. Watch it now ahead of tonight's conversation.
December 31, 2014 3:06 pm
A record-breaking year for Kartemquin saw six of our documentary projects have world premieres in 2014: