News for March 2020

Represent Director Hillary Bachelder's Op-Ed Featured on IndieWire

March 25, 2020
After wrapping her debut feature Represent, then seeing its world premiere at Cleveland International Film Festival cancelled due to the coronavirus, director and KTQ internship alum Hillary Bachelder began reflecting on (continued …)

Celebrating SXSW: Finding Yingying wins prize; The Dilemma of Desire thrills

March 24, 2020
Jiayan "Jenny" Shi's debut feature documentary, Finding Yingying was awarded the SXSW 2020 Documentary Feature Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Voice. Finding Yingying, a vérité documentary, tells the story of the (continued …)

Update on Gordon Quinn’s health

March 20, 2020
Below is an edited version of a statement sent by our Executive Director Jolene Pinder to Kartemquin filmmakers and alumni yesterday, March 19th. We kindly ask that you adhere to its guidelines for communication and privacy:Dear KTQ Community— (continued …)

Kartemquin's Response to COVID-19

March 13, 2020
Dear Kartemquin Community,We wanted to reach out during this challenging, uncertain moment and share how Kartemquin is responding to COVID-19 — the current impact on our work and the anticipated after effects. Earlier this week, we began (continued …)

City So Real Creates Buzz at True/False Film Festival

March 9, 2020
Steve James' latest project, City So Real enjoyed its first full series premiere at the True/False Film Festival on Saturday, March 7th. After premiering its first two episodes in the Indie Episodic Program at the Sundance Film Festival in January, (continued …)

Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) Alums Named 2020 BAVC MediaMaker Fellows

March 5, 2020
2017 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) Alum Colette Ghunim and 2019 DVID Alum Milton Guillén have been named 2020 Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) MediaMaker Fellows. Colette Ghunim’s work is rooted in the overlap of social impact (continued …)

2019 DVID Alums Named 2020 CAAM Documentaries for Social Change Awardees

March 4, 2020
2019 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) Alums Shiraz Ahmed and Joua Lee Grande were named 2020 CAAM Documentaries for Social Change Awardees.Ahmed's film Alive in Detroit follows a young journalist whose belief (continued …)