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City So Real Receives Two Emmy Nominations

July 13, 2021
City So Real (National Geographic, Participant, Kartemquin) has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations from the Television Academy: NOMINATED: Outstanding Cinematography For A Nonfiction ProgramCity So Real Episode 2: (continued …)

Two New Projects Announced for Hulu/Kartemquin Accelerator for Filmmakers of Color

July 6, 2021
Kartemquin Films is excited to announce the two projects that will participate in the second year of the Hulu / Kartemquin Accelerator: Freedom Hill by director Resita Cox and Still Searching by director Latoya Flowers.The Accelerator program offers (continued …)

Unapologetic Named Project: Hatched Grantee

June 29, 2021
Chicken & Egg Pictures is announced its support of the new grantees of the 2021 Project: Hatched program for feature-length documentary impact. Ashley O'Shay and Morgan Johnson's Unapologetic is one of five films in this (continued …)

Kartemquin's Collection Goes to College

June 1, 2021
Kartemquin Films is excited to announce the first donation shipment of its archival collections to Washington University Libraries Film & Media Archive (WUFMA). In the words of Tim Horsburgh, “the KTQ archives go to college” just in (continued …)

Kartemquin Films Approved for Grants for Arts Projects Award as National Endowment for Arts Announces Second Round of Grants for FY 2021

May 13, 2021
Kartemquin Films has been approved for a Grants for Arts Projects award to support KTQ-Collaborative. This project will support artistic and professional development programs for documentary filmmakers. The KTQ Collaborative program will provide one (continued …)

Unapologetic Broadcast Premiere as part of POV's 34th Season

May 10, 2021
On Thursday, May 6, 2021 – POV returns to PBS in July with its 34th season, a slate of films that reaffirm public media’s vital role as a platform for the people and in sparking national dialogue. America’s longest-running (continued …)

Kartemquin, Traces of Home Awarded Grant from DDFIA

April 21, 2021
Kartemquin is excited to announce that Kartemquin has been awarded with a grant of $115,000 to support Colette Ghunim’s documentary, Traces of Home, which will focus on the journeys the filmmaker takes with her parents to find the (continued …)

Kartemquin, Program Alum Awarded DCASE Artist Response Grants

April 21, 2021
Kartemquin is happy to announce our selection as an Artist Response Program grant recipient from the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events! Thisfunding will help us engage with the Chicago community in new and exciting ways! (continued …)

Kartemquin One of Six Institutions Resurrecting the Guerrilla Television Movement

April 16, 2021
We are excited to announce that Kartemquin is included in a group of six institutions that have received a generous grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The three-year grant provides $459,150 toward digitization of (continued …)

Finding Yingying Streaming Now; to Premiere on Paramount+ Next Week

April 7, 2021
Kartemquin is delighted to share that Jiayan "Jenny" Shi's Finding Yingying is now available to stream on MTV and MTV.com! In October 2020, MTV Documentary Films has acquired worldwide rights - excluding China - for Finding (continued …)

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