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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code to Re-Broadcast Nationally on 25th Anniversary of 1995 Chicago Heatwave

July 8, 2020
COOKED: Survival By Zip Code will be having an encore broadcast on Monday, July 13th, 2020 on PBS Independent Lens, the 25th anniversary of the most traumatic heatwave in U.S. history. Twenty-five years after the 1995 Chicago heat wave, (continued …)

City So Real, The Dilemma of Desire to Stream at AFI DOCS Film Festival Online

June 10, 2020
AFI DOCS is going virtual! AFI announced the full slate of films being presented online for the AFI DOCS Festival 2020, including two Kartemquin Films - Steve James' City So Real and Maria Finitzo's The Dilemma of Desire (continued …)

Kartemquin to Receive Two Arts Works Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts

June 10, 2020
Kartemquin Films is delighted to receive two Arts Works grants from the National Endowment for the Arts to support initatives addressing sustainability of the documentary field in the Midwest and support for the artistic and professional development (continued …)

Kartemquin Films Statement of Solidarity

June 2, 2020
We at Kartemquin Films stand in solidarity with Black communities against the unchecked brutality, state-sanctioned violence, and pernicious racist ideology alive deep in the soul of this nation. We grieve for the loss of Black lives taken (continued …)

NOW STREAMING: City So Real & The Dilemma of Desire at Hot Docs Festival Online

May 28, 2020
Steve James' City So Real and Maria Finitzo's The Dilemma of Desire are both available for streaming in Ontario as part of the Hot Docs Festival Online. For the Festival’s 10 days, May 28 to June 6, Ontario (continued …)

Eating Up Easter Debuts on PBS, Q&A with Directors TONIGHT

May 26, 2020
Eating Up Easter is enjoying its national television debut on the PBS television series Independent Lens this week (check your local listings). The film is also now streaming for free for one month on PBS Independent Lens website.  In (continued …)

First Projects Announced for Hulu/Kartemquin Accelerator

May 6, 2020
Kartemquin Films announced the two projects that will participate in the first year of the Hulu/Kartemquin Accelerator: Traces of Home by director Colette Ghunim and Tres Fridas by director Reveca Torres.The Accelerator program offers two alumni of (continued …)

City So Real, The Dilemma of Desire to stream at Hot Docs Festival Online

May 5, 2020
Hot Docs announced that it will launch Hot Docs Festival Online on May 28 to offer at-home viewers a rich array of titles from its 2020 official selection. Steve James' City So Real and Maria Finitzo's The Dilemma of Desire will be (continued …)

Gordon Quinn Returns Home; AIDC Masterclass Available

April 29, 2020
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has released the audio of Gordon Quinn's producing masterclass, held in Melbourne in March 2020. For over 50 years, Gordon and Kartemquin Films have been at the forefront of documentary (continued …)

Eating Up Easter STREAMING NOW via Music Box StreamLocal's "Virtual Cinema"

April 22, 2020
In honor of Earth Day, Eating Up Easter begins streaming today in "virtual cinemas" nationwide. Ticket purchases support your local art house theater while giving you the chance to explore native Rapanui filmmaker  (continued …)

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