News for April 2016

#KTQ50: Watch Women's Voices: The Gender Gap for free all week

April 29, 2016
From today until next Friday, May 6th, the free KTQ50 films are Women's Voices: The Gender Gap (1984). This documentary explores the growing difference in the voting patterns of men and women (the gender gap) that could no longer be denied by the (continued …)

Documentary tips from Hot Docs 2016 Career Achievement Award Winner Steve James

April 29, 2016
The 2016 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival begins this week, with Steve James being honored as the 2016 Hot Docs Outstanding Career Achievement Award Winner. Steve James will be present in Toronto for a retrospective of six of (continued …)

Saving Mes Aynak continues winning accolades and raising awareness worldwide

April 27, 2016
Director Brent Huffman's film Saving Mes Aynak has continued to garner accolades during its extremely successful festival run. The film recently won the Silver Plaque at the 2016 Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards, distinguishing (continued …)

#KTQ50: Watch The Last Pullman Car for free all week

April 22, 2016
From today until next Friday, April 29th, the free KTQ50 films are The Last Pullman Car (1983). "This film is a battle cry!" — Studs Terkel In 1864, George Pullman began selling his famous railroad sleeping cars which helped him build a vast (continued …)

WTTW to broadcast Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes

April 18, 2016
WTTW, Chicago's premier public television station, will broadcast Kartemquin's Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes at 10pm on Thursday April 21st as part of a year-long series honoring Kartemquin's 50th Anniversary. Golub: Late Works Are the (continued …)

#KTQ50: Watch Taylor Chain I and 2 for free all week

April 15, 2016
From today until next Friday, April 22nd, the free KTQ50 films are Taylor Chain I (1980) and Taylor Chain II (1983). "Blumenthal and Quinn preach nothing; they simply show us determined people fighting for better lives." — Chicago Tribune Taylor (continued …)
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences renews grant funding for Diverse Voices in Docs

April 14, 2016
We are delighted to announce that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has renewed its commitment to our Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) program with a $10,000 FilmCraft grant. In 2013, Kartemquin Films and the Community Film Workshop of (continued …)

#KTQ50: Watch The Chicago Maternity Center Story for free all week

April 8, 2016
From today until next Friday, April 15th, the free KTQ50 film is The Chicago Maternity Center (1976). The Chicago Maternity Center is one of Kartemquin's most distinctive and celebrated films of the 1970s, receiving much acclaim from some of film's (continued …)

Watch an exclusive clip from Raising Bertie ahead of the world premiere

April 8, 2016
Ahead of tomorrow's sold out World Premiere of Raising Bertie at Full Frame, we gave Indiewire an exclusive clip from the film. Visit their link: Watch: This Exclusive 'Raising Bertie' Clip Will Make You Cry to see the clip, which they call " (continued …)

On Beauty Featured at Positive Exposure Pop-Up Center in NYC

April 4, 2016
On Beauty will screen at the Positive Exposure Pop-Up Center during a week of free public events at the Art Director’s Club, 106 West 29th Street, New York from April 6-11, 2016. The not-for-profit organization Positive Exposure was founded in (continued …)

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