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'63 Boycott Now Available for Pre-Order on DVD

June 13, 2019
 ‘63 Boycott, the award-winning film by Rachel Dickson, Tracye A. Matthews, and Gordon Quinn, will be released on DVD for individuals and educational institutions on Tuesday, July 2nd. The new DVD comes with 40 minutes of (continued …)

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 …)

The Dilemma of Desire Kickstarter campaign ends April 22!

April 19, 2019
The Kickstarter for campaign for The Dilemma of Desire, the newest film from Peabody Award-winning director Maria Finitzo and Kartemquin Films, ends this Monday, April 22. You can donate to the campaign here. The campaign sky-rocketed during its (continued …)

Kartemquin and Minding the Gap win Peabody Awards

April 16, 2019
The Peabody Awards today announced that Kartemquin Films will receive an Institutional Award at the 78th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony on Saturday, May 18 in New York City. We are also delighted to share that Minding the Gap will receive a 2019 (continued …)

Finding Yingying selected for 2019 TFI Network

April 10, 2019
Finding Yingying, a new in-progress Kartemquin film, has been selected to participate in the 2019 Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) Network. 2019 marks the ninth year of the market at the Tribeca Film Festival, which provides opportunities for (continued …)

Eating Up Easter receives 2019 Working Films Impact Kickstart

April 10, 2019
Eating Up Easter, a film by Sergio and Elena Rapu, has received a 2019 Working Films Impact Kickstart! The Impact Kickstart offers in-kind strategy development to underrepresented documentary makers with feature films in progress that hold great (continued …)

Minding the Gap earns nomination for 2019 Peabody Awards

April 9, 2019
Minding the Gap, directed by Bing Liu and produced by Diane Quon, earned a nomination this Tuesday for a 2019 George Foster Peabody Award, one of the highest honors in broadcast and digital media. The nominees were selected by unanimous vote of 19 (continued …)