'63 Boycott, a film by Rachel Dickson, Tracye A. Matthews and Gordon Quinn, will have its Los Angeles premiere at the Pan African Film + Arts Festival on February 13 at 6:25PM. Purchase tickets here. All three filmmakers will be in attendance. The film will have a second showing at the festival on February 15 at 3:30PM. Purchase tickets here. In both programs, the film will screen with Brooks People, a film by Shahari Moore –– a graduate of our Diverse Voices in Docs program! Continued

Kartemquin is thrilled to announce the eight new members of the 2018 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) cohort: Kevin Shaw, Miasarah Lai, Jamaar Jervis, Joshua Jackson, David Weathersby, Teresa White, Sohib Boundaoui and Jiaiyan 'Jenny' Shi. This year's mentors include Pamela Sherrod Anderson, Margaret Byrne, Ian Robertson Kibbe, Shahari Moore, Kelly Richmond Pope, Pemon Rami, Susanne Suffredin and Shuling Yong. Continued

Kartemquin is thrilled to share that First Look Media’s entertainment studio, Topic Studios, has acquired the streaming rights for our Oscar-nominated documentary short, Edith+Eddie, for their digital storytelling site, Topic.com. Click here to Stream the film. Edith+Eddie, directed by Laura Checkoway (Lucky), follows America's oldest interracial newlyweds at age 96 and 95. Their love story is disrupted by a family feud that threatens to tear the couple apart. Millions of American families go through elder care disputes and guardianship cases. These cases are life altering, emotionally and financially depleting, and dealt with in isolation. Continued

Less than a week after its sold-out world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Minding the Gap by Bing Liu won the US Documentary Competition Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking last night at the fest's official award ceremonies in Park City. US Documentary Competition Juror Barbara Chai presented the award, saying: "We are so exited to celebrate this extraordinary documentary for its vivacity and freshness of spirit, its unexpected revelation of personal detail, and dazzling, un-choreographed sequences that possess the athleticism and grace of ballet." Continued

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Norb Brylski, a central subject of our 2009 film Typeface. Norb passed away on Monday, January 22, 2018 at the age of 94. After serving in the Army Signal Corps during World War II in England and Norway, Norb returned home to Wisconsin and began a printing apprenticeship at the Franciscan Monastery in Pulaski and eventually opened his own print shop. When the print shop proved less than lucrative, he took his printing knowledge with him to the Hamilton Mfg Co. in Two Rivers where he worked in the wood type shop the entirety of his Hamilton career, before transitioning into one of the best loved volunteers at the new Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum. Norb was beloved by the filmmakers and other subjects of Typeface, many of whom still cherish wooden letters cut by Norb himself. Continued

Kartemquin is absolutely thrilled to share that both Edith+Eddie and Abacus: Small Enough to Jail have been nominated for the 90th Academy Awards® in the Feature Documentary and Documentary Short categories, respectively. Edith+Eddie is directed, produced and edited by Laura Checkoway; produced by Thomas Lee Wright; co-produced and edited by P. Corwin Lamm; co-produced by Karina Rotenstein; with cinematography by Neil Barrett and John Larson. The film is executive produced by Cher, Steve James, Gordon Quinn and Betsy Steinberg. Continued

Starz, a Lionsgate company, today announced the premium cable network has acquired the unscripted 10-part docu-series America to Me, created by award-winning filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters, Life Itself), and produced by Participant Media and Kartemquin Films. Continued

All the Queen's Horses will have an encore run at the Gene Siskel Film Center beginning tomorrow, January 12th. Purchase tickets here. Screenings as follows: Friday, January 12, 2:00PM Saturday, January 13, 5:15PM (Director Kelly Richmond Pope in-person) Sunday, January 14, 3:00PM Tuesday, January 16, 7:45PM (Director Kelly Richmond Pope in-person) Wednesday, January 17, 7:45PM (Director Kelly Richmond Pope in-person) About All the Queen's Horses Continued

Three of Kartemquin's newest releases, Edith+Eddie, Keep Talking and Minding the Gap will screen at the 2018 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana, running February 16-25. About the films Edith+Eddie Continued

Acclaimed director Steve James earned a nomination today from the Director's Guild of America for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for his latest film, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail. This is James' fourth DGA Award nomination. He won in 2994 for Hoop Dreams, and was also nominated in this category in 2008 and 2011 for At the Death House Door and The Interrupters. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Continued