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Cooked: Survival By Zip Code Debuts on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, February 3rd

January 31, 2020
The new feature documentary COOKED: Survival by Zip Code, a searing exploration into the politics of “disaster,” blends investigative reporting about the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave with a potent argument that the best preparation for (continued …)

High Praise for City So Real at Sundance

January 30, 2020
On Monday, January 27, the first two episodes City So Real world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Playing in the Prospector Square Theatre, the film gathered a crowd eager to see Steve James’ latest gripping offering in the Indie (continued …)

Kartemquin Films Teams with Hulu on Accelerator Program for Filmmakers of Color

January 26, 2020
Today at the Sundance Film Festival Kartemquin Films and Hulu announced a two-year partnership that will offer an unprecedented opportunity for alumni of Kartemquin’s acclaimed Filmmaker Development Programs. Combining Kartemquin’s (continued …)

The Dilemma of Desire and Finding Yingying to World Premiere at 2020 SXSW Film Festival

January 15, 2020
Kartemquin is pleased to announce the World Premieres of two feature documentaries at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival, to be held in Austin, Texas this March. SXSW announced their full line-up today with plans to announce exact screening times at a (continued …)
2020 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) Fellows

Announcing the 2020 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) Fellows

January 8, 2020
Kartemquin Films and the Community Film Workshop of Chicago today announced the eight new 2020 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) fellows. Now in its 8th year, DVID is a professional mentorship program for Midwestern documentary filmmakers of color (continued …)

City So Real to world premiere at 2020 Sundance Film Festival

December 9, 2019
City So Real, the newest project by two-time Academy Award®-nominated director Steve James, will make its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, running January 23-February 2.The four-hour miniseries is an impressionistic, (continued …)

Story & Pictures By exceeds Kickstarter goal

November 16, 2019
Story & Pictures By, the newest film from Emmy-nominated director Joanna Rudnick (In the Family, On Beauty). Exceeded their Kickstarter goal this past Friday – raising $40,000, raising $43,651 in  (continued …)

Minding the Gap wins 2019 Grierson Award

November 15, 2019
Minding the Gap, the Academy Award-nominated film directed, produced, and edited by Bing Liu and produced by Diane Quon, today was awarded the 2019 Grierson Award for Best Cinema Documentary at the Grierson Awards ceremony on Thursday, November (continued …)

Keep Talking re-broadcasts on PBS November 18 in honor of Native American Heritage Month; now streaming

November 13, 2019
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, PBS will re-broadcast Karen Weinberg’s award-winning film Keep Talking.Check your local listings to find out when the film will screen on your local PBS station, or stream  (continued …)

All The Queen's Horses makes broadcast premiere November 7 on WTTW and IL Public Media

November 1, 2019
Award-winning All The Queen's Horses, directed and produced by Kelly Richmond Pope, will have its broadcast premiere on WTTW Chicago PBS and WILL-TV on November 7th at 8pm.The film tells the story of Rita Crundwell, the perpetrator of (continued …)

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