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Minding the Gap, '63 Boycott advance in voting process for 91st Academy Awards®

December 17, 2018
Today the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category and 10 films in the Documentary Short Subject category will advance in the voting process for the 91st Academy Awards®. Included in the (continued …)

Remembering Bill Siegel, director of The Trials of Muhammad Ali and The Weather Underground

December 11, 2018
With great sadness and shock, we share the news that Kartemquin associate Bill Siegel, Director of the Academy Award-nominated The Weather Underground (2003) and Emmy Award-winning The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013), has passed away. Bill was an (continued …)

Kartemquin reteams with Steve James and Participant Media on Chicago Story

December 10, 2018
Kartemquin is thrilled to share that production has commenced on the feature documentary Chicago Story (working title), the newest project from two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Steve James. Participant Media will finance the project which (continued …)

Minding the Gap wins Best Feature at 2018 IDA Awards

December 10, 2018
In a momentous weekend for the film, Minding the Gap won the Best Feature Award at the 2018 International Documentary Association Awards, in addition to the pre-announced Best Editing Award and Emerging Filmmaker Award (given to Minding the Gap (continued …)

NYFCC names Minding the Gap Best Documentary of 2018

December 1, 2018
On Thursday the New York Film Critics Circle awarded Minding the Gap, directed by Bing Liu and produced by Diane Quon, the NYFCC's award for Best Documentary. Read the full list of winners in Variety. Most recently, Minding the Gap was named one (continued …)

Inquiring Nuns makes its first-ever Chicago theatrical premiere tonight!

November 30, 2018
Inquiring Nuns will make its first-ever Chicago theatrical premiere in honor of its 50th anniversary tonight at 6pm at the Gene Siskel Film Center! "I doubt Inquiring Nuns will ever lose its fascination for Chicagoans; it’s as Chicago a movie as (continued …)

National Board of Review names Minding the Gap one of 2018's top 5 documentaries

November 28, 2018
The National Board of Review announced yesterday their list of 2018 honorees, naming Minding the Gap one of 2018's Top Five Documentaries. Find a complete list of the award winners here. The announcement comes on the heels of the film's two recent (continued …)

Minding the Gap earns two Independent Spirit Award nominations

November 16, 2018
Film Independent announced today the nominees for their 2019 Independent Spirit Awards, with Minding the Gap earning two award nominations for Best Documentary and the Truer Than Fiction Award. Find a full list of nominees in Deadline Hollywood. The (continued …)

50th Anniversary Theatrical Release for Inquiring Nuns

November 13, 2018
Kartemquin Films and Argot Pictures are thrilled to present the first-ever theatrical release of the beloved 1968 Kartemquin film Inquiring Nuns. Inquiring Nuns will begin its distribution with runs in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, showing from (continued …)

WATCH two episodes of Loyalty: Stories in honor of Veterans Day 2018

November 12, 2018
We're proud to share the very first two episodes of Loyalty: Stories, a 10-part docu-series about the experiences of American Muslims in the US military. Directed and produced by David Washburn. Episode 1: Shareda Hosein Episode 2: Nate Terani (continued …)

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