News for July 2013

Official trailer: The Trials of Muhammad Ali and upcoming screening dates

July 31, 2013
Muhammad Ali is coming to a city near you! Check out the stirring new trailer. Below is the list of confirmed theatrical dates for The Trials of Muhammad Ali. More dates are being added by distributor Kino Lorber each day, so you may want to (continued …)

Save the date: Kartemquin's 2013 Gala is Friday September 20th

July 29, 2013
Celebrating collaborative documentaries that spark democracy, the Kartemquin 2013 Gala will unite Chicago changemakers who believe in the power of independent media. Coming soon: One Night Only!Kartemquin 2013 Gala City Lights & Cocktails at the (continued …)

Kino Lorber to distribute Trials of Muhammad Ali across USA

July 24, 2013
We are delighted to announce that Kino Lorber has acquired US distribution rights to The Trials of Muhammad Ali. The film will open its theatrical run on Friday, August 23rd with a week-long engagement at IFC Center in New York, before rolling out (continued …)

The Academy ups support to Diverse Voices in Docs

July 15, 2013
We are delighted to announce that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has awarded a grant of $7,500 to our Diverse Voices in Docs program. The program, which Kartemquin operates in collaboration with the Community Film Workshop (continued …)

DCASE awards funds to Unbroken Glass & Almost There filmmakers

July 12, 2013
Two Kartemquin filmmakers have been awarded individual artist program grants by the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). Both grants are for $4,000 each.Dinesh Sabu received funding for Unbroken Glass, his (continued …)

Upworthy generates new interest in Generation Food

July 11, 2013
Over the last few days, we've seen a wave of individual donations to Generation Food, the in-progress Steve James and Raj Patel transmedia documentary on sharing new solutions to the world's food problems. We've also seen deluge of supportive social (continued …)

3 Emmy Nominations for Kartemquin!

July 11, 2013
We are honored and delighted to have received three Emmy Awards nominations! The Interrupters was nominated twice, for "Outstanding Informational Programming—Long-Form" and "Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long Form." We also received a (continued …)

Trials takes a summer road trip

July 9, 2013
The Trials of Muhammad Ali has just added a number of new festival dates to its events calendar for this July and August. We are honored to have the film accepted as an official selection of the Traverse City Film Festival (2 screenings), the (continued …)

Sneak Peek of '63 Boycott this Thursday at Hyde Park Union Church

July 8, 2013
This Thursday at the Free Minds, Free People conference, we will premiere a never-before-seen ten minute trailer of our upcoming documentary, `63 Boycott. The film chronicles the Chicago Public School Boycott of 1963 when more than 200,000 (continued …)

Go Deeper into The Interrupters with InterruptViolence.com

July 2, 2013
We are proud to announce the launch of INTERRUPT VIOLENCE, an interactive exploration of the persistent violence of American cities. INTERRUPT VIOLENCE takes you deeper into the themes and issues of our award-winning documentary The Interrupters. (continued …)