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Eating Up Easter receives 2019 Working Films Impact Kickstart

April 10, 2019
Eating Up Easter, a film by Sergio and Elena Rapu, has received a 2019 Working Films Impact Kickstart! The Impact Kickstart offers in-kind strategy development to underrepresented documentary makers with feature films in progress that hold great (continued …)

Minding the Gap earns nomination for 2019 Peabody Awards

April 9, 2019
Minding the Gap, directed by Bing Liu and produced by Diane Quon, earned a nomination this Tuesday for a 2019 George Foster Peabody Award, one of the highest honors in broadcast and digital media. The nominees were selected by unanimous vote of 19 (continued …)

'63 Boycott broadcasts on WTTW11 March 28

March 27, 2019
'63 Boycott will broadcast on WTTW11 Chicago PBS on Thursday, March 28 at 9:30pm CT. View the full WTTW schedule here. The award-winning film is directed by Gordon Quinn and produced by Rachel Dickson and Tracye A. Matthews. Quinn and Matthews (continued …)

Kickstarter for The Dilemma of Desire is now live!

March 22, 2019
The Dilemma of Desire, the newest film from Peabody Award-winning director Maria Finitzo (Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita) and Kartemquin Films, launched its Kickstarter campaign today. The filmmakers are seeking $40,000 in funds to go (continued …)

FREE screening of '63 Boycott March 23 at Chicago Cultural Center

March 21, 2019
'63 Boycott will screen screen at the Chicago Cultural Center this Saturday, March 23 at 2PM. The screening is presented by WTTW, in partnership with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. The event is free and open to the (continued …)

Kartemquin and Freep Film Festival Partner on Midwest Documentary Filmmaker Sustainability Conversation

March 19, 2019
We're excited to share that Kartemquin Films is partnering with Freep Film Festival, held April 10-14 in Detroit, to host a conversation on filmmaker sustainability and a special rough cut lab. Both events bring to Detroit for the first time (continued …)

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code, Eating Up Easter make DC premieres March 17

March 15, 2019
Two of Kartemquin's newest releases: Cooked: Survival by Zip Code and Eating Up Easter will make their DC premieres this Sunday at the DC Environmental Film Festival in Our Nation's Capital (DCEFF). In Eating Up Easter Native Rapanui (Easter Island (continued …)

WATCH the official trailer for Eating Up Easter; Easter Island premiere March 15

March 8, 2019
Eating Up Easter, the debut feature from director Sergio M. Rapu, will make its Easter Island premiere on March 15 at 7:30PM at the Toki Rapa Nui School for Music and Arts. The free community screening is presented by Plastic Oceans as part of the (continued …)

The Trials of Muhammad Ali screens in tribute to Bill Siegel March 5 at IFC Center

March 1, 2019
The Trials of Muhammad Ali will screen at the IFC Center in New York City on March 5th at 7:30pm in tribute to director Bill Siegel, who passed away in December of 2018. Trials producer Rachel Pikelny, editor Aaron Wickenden, and executive producer (continued …)

'63 Boycott broadcasts on PBS' WORLD Channel February 25

February 21, 2019
'63 Boycott, a film by Rachel Dickson, Tracye A. Matthews, and Gordon Quinn, will make its world television broadcast premiere on PBS' World Channel February 25 at 9pm/8c, as part of the channel's LOCAL, USA series. The film will be available to (continued …)

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