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In Conversation: Steve James on City So Real

October 24, 2019
Two-time Academy Award-nominated director Steve James has dedicated much of his career to following Chicagoans reckoning with the implications of social forces on their daily lives. His humanist filmmaking has focused on the resolute individuals (continued …)

The Dilemma of Desire panel selected for SXSW 2020

October 23, 2019
Key participants and filmmakers behind The Dilemma of Desire, directed by Maria Finitzo and produced by Diane Quon and Cynthia Kane, will convene onstage at South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference in March 2020.Director Maria Finitzo (continued …)

Hoop Dreams Receives 25th Anniversary UK Re-release

October 20, 2019
In honor of its 25th Anniversary, Hoop Dreams will be re-released in the UK through distributor Violet Pictures on October 25th, 2019. Additionally, Hoop Dreams will tour cinemas throughout the UK this year, with filmmakers Steve (continued …)

This weekend: Kartemquin 'Collectively' at the Mead

October 16, 2019
Kartemquin is honored to be a part of 'Collectively' at the Margaret Mead Film Festival October 18-20, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The program will bring together three American collectives: Kartemquin (continued …)
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Contaminated Memories; Kartemquin staff and filmmakers on panels at CIFF

October 9, 2019
Contaminated Memories, directed and produced by Debra Tolchinsky, will screen at the 55th Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) as part of the fest's Shorts 1: Here. Now. program.The short film investigates the intersections of memory and (continued …)

Eating Up Easter to have Chilean Premiere at FIC Valdivia

October 7, 2019
Eating Up Easter, a film by Sergio M. Rapu and Elena Rapu, will make its Chilean premiere at the 26th Festival Internacional de Cine de Valdivia on October 8 and 10. In a cinematic letter to his son, native Rapanui (Easter Island) (continued …)

Announcing the Diverse Voices Accelerator Fund and Emerging Storyteller Fund Grantees

October 1, 2019
Kartemquin Films today announced the 12 documentary projects that will receive Diverse Voices Accelerator Fund and Emerging Storyteller Fund grants.Kartemquin will celebrate the grantees and provide previews of select works-in-progress that received (continued …)

Nanfu Wang to provide keynote at Oct 12 Diverse Voices in Docs graduation; 2020 DVID applications now open

September 26, 2019
Kartemquin Films and the Community Film Workshop of Chicago are thrilled to announce award-winning filmmaker Nanfu Wang (One Child Nation, Hooligan Sparrow) will provide the keynote speech at the 2019 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) graduation on (continued …)

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code returns to Gene Siskel Film Center Sept 13 for encore run

September 11, 2019
Back by popular demand after selling out multiple screenings in its first run in July, COOKED: Survival by Zip Code returns to the Gene Siskel Film Center this Friday, September 13 for a week-long encore theatrical run. A searing (continued …)

Kartemquin Films appoints four new Board Members, names Pamela Sherrod Anderson as Chair of Board of Directors

September 5, 2019
Kartemquin is pleased to announce the appointment of Pamela Sherrod Anderson as Chair of its Board of Directors. Anderson will succeed Jason Stephens, who has served as Chair of Kartemquin’s Board of Directors since September 2015, a (continued …)

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