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Announcing the Diverse Voices Accelerator Fund and Emerging Storyteller Fund Grantees

October 1, 2019
Kartemquin Films today announced the 12 documentary projects that will receive Diverse Voices Accelerator Fund and Emerging Storyteller Fund grants.Kartemquin will celebrate the grantees and provide previews of select works-in-progress that received (continued …)

Nanfu Wang to provide keynote at Oct 12 Diverse Voices in Docs graduation; 2020 DVID applications now open

September 26, 2019
Kartemquin Films and the Community Film Workshop of Chicago are thrilled to announce award-winning filmmaker Nanfu Wang (One Child Nation, Hooligan Sparrow) will provide the keynote speech at the 2019 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) graduation on (continued …)

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code returns to Gene Siskel Film Center Sept 13 for encore run

September 11, 2019
Back by popular demand after selling out multiple screenings in its first run in July, COOKED: Survival by Zip Code returns to the Gene Siskel Film Center this Friday, September 13 for a week-long encore theatrical run. A searing (continued …)

Kartemquin Films appoints four new Board Members, names Pamela Sherrod Anderson as Chair of Board of Directors

September 5, 2019
Kartemquin is pleased to announce the appointment of Pamela Sherrod Anderson as Chair of its Board of Directors. Anderson will succeed Jason Stephens, who has served as Chair of Kartemquin’s Board of Directors since September 2015, a (continued …)

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code now available on iTunes, Amazon, and GooglePlay!

August 28, 2019
Award-winning Cooked: Survival by Zip Code, directed and produced by Judith Helfand and produced by Fenell Doremus, is now available to rent or buy on VOD through London-based distributor Journeyman Pictures!Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (continued …)

2019 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) annual Funders Panel brings industry leaders to Chicago

August 18, 2019
Leading documentary industry funders will visit Chicago on Saturday, August 24th 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 (continued …)

2019 Kartemquin #EmpoweringTruth Benefit Luncheon to honor Julia Reichert

August 15, 2019
Kartemquin is thrilled to announce we will honor documentary legend and three-time Academy Award nominee Julia Reichert at the 2019 Empowering Truth Benefit Luncheon on October 29th at Chicago’s The Standard Club. Reichert will be (continued …)

Kartemquin opens calls for entries for 2019-2020 KTQ alumni grants

August 1, 2019
Calling all Kartemquin alumni! Applications are now open for the 2019 KTQ Collaborative: Granting Program.Learn more and apply here.The program provides funding towards early-career filmmakers within our community. The grants are available to (continued …)

Gloria Steinem joins advisory board of IFP-bound The Dilemma of Desire

July 30, 2019
Writer, lecturer, political activist, and feminist organizer Gloria Steinem will join the project advisory board for the upcoming feature-length documentary The Dilemma of Desire, the newest film from Peabody and Alfred I. duPont Columbia University (continued …)

Nine Kartemquin films newly available on OVID!

July 29, 2019
Kartemquin is excited to share that we have partnered with OVID.tv, an innovative subscription video-on-demand service, to make nine Kartemquin films newly available to the platform's subscribers. OVID is an initiative of Docuseek, LLC (continued …)

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