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Kartemquin's Response to COVID-19

March 13, 2020
Dear Kartemquin Community,We wanted to reach out during this challenging, uncertain moment and share how Kartemquin is responding to COVID-19 — the current impact on our work and the anticipated after effects. Earlier this week, we began (continued …)

City So Real Creates Buzz at True/False Film Festival

March 9, 2020
Steve James' latest project, City So Real enjoyed its first full series premiere at the True/False Film Festival on Saturday, March 7th. After premiering its first two episodes in the Indie Episodic Program at the Sundance Film Festival in January, (continued …)

Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) Alums Named 2020 BAVC MediaMaker Fellows

March 5, 2020
2017 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) Alum Colette Ghunim and 2019 DVID Alum Milton Guillén have been named 2020 Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) MediaMaker Fellows. Colette Ghunim’s work is rooted in the overlap of social impact (continued …)

2019 DVID Alums Named 2020 CAAM Documentaries for Social Change Awardees

March 4, 2020
2019 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) Alums Shiraz Ahmed and Joua Lee Grande were named 2020 CAAM Documentaries for Social Change Awardees.Ahmed's film Alive in Detroit follows a young journalist whose belief (continued …)

Represent to World Premiere at the 2020 Cleveland International Film Festival

February 28, 2020
Kartemquin is pleased to announce that Represent will World Premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF), to be held in Clevelend, Ohio in March. CIFF announced their full program today.Represent is the debut feature (continued …)

True/False to Host Full Series Premiere of City So Real

February 13, 2020
Steve James’ latest project City So Real will have its full series premiere at the 2020 True/False Festival in March. See the full line-up of True/False selections.James, producer Zak Piper and their collaborators at Kartemquin and Participant (continued …)

SXSW Screenings Announced for Finding Yingying and The Dilemma of Desire

February 5, 2020
Today SXSW announced the schedule for the 2020 Film Festival lineup. Kartemquin is pleased that two thought provoking non-fiction films will world premiere at the festival in next month: Finding Yingying (Documentary Competition) and The Dilemma of (continued …)

Cooked: Survival By Zip Code Debuts on PBS Independent Lens on Monday, February 3rd

January 31, 2020
The new feature documentary COOKED: Survival by Zip Code, a searing exploration into the politics of “disaster,” blends investigative reporting about the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave with a potent argument that the best preparation for (continued …)

High Praise for City So Real at Sundance

January 30, 2020
On Monday, January 27, the first two episodes City So Real world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Playing in the Prospector Square Theatre, the film gathered a crowd eager to see Steve James’ latest gripping offering in the Indie (continued …)

Kartemquin Films Teams with Hulu on Accelerator Program for Filmmakers of Color

January 26, 2020
Today at the Sundance Film Festival Kartemquin Films and Hulu announced a two-year partnership that will offer an unprecedented opportunity for alumni of Kartemquin’s acclaimed Filmmaker Development Programs. Combining Kartemquin’s (continued …)

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