News for May 2019

Kartemquin to Receive $45,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

May 29, 2019
Kartemquin Films is delighted to receive an Art Works grant of $45,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts to engage the Midwest documentary community (makers, media arts organizations and distribution partners) in dialogue and solutions- (continued …)

Documentary as Community: 2019 Peabodys Re-Cap

May 23, 2019
This past Saturday members of Kartemquin's staff, board, and filmmaking community attended the 2019 Peabody Awards ceremony in New York City to accept an Institutional Award on behalf of the organization– and to celebrate Minding the Gap's (continued …)

Kartemquin Welcomes Jolene Pinder as New Executive Director

May 15, 2019
Kartemquin Films, the award-winning Chicago-based documentary nonprofit organization, today named Jolene Pinder as Executive Director. Pinder will begin on June 10th, overseeing all aspects of operations, programs, and serving as Executive Producer (continued …)

Kartemquin and Music Box Theatre honor life of Bill Siegel on June 5

May 10, 2019
Kartemquin Films and the Music Box Theatre will honor the life of Chicago filmmaker Bill Siegel on June 5, 2019 with a double feature of the director’s award-winning films, The Weather Underground (nominated for a 2003 Academy Award®) and The Trials (continued …)