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'63 Boycott opens tonight at the Gene Siskel Film Center in special double bill

January 24, 2019
Chicago-based filmmaking houses One City Films and Kartemquin Films are teaming up to present a double-bill of activist documentary shorts: the world premiere of F*** Your Hair, from One City Films, and ‘63 Boycott, directed by Kartemquin founder (continued …)

Minding the Gap nominated for an Academy Award®

January 22, 2019
Kartemquin is absolutely thrilled to share that Minding the Gap has been nominated for the 91st Academy Awards® in the Feature Documentary category. Minding the Gap is presented by Hulu; edited by Joshua Altman and Bing Liu; original music by Nathan (continued …)

Kartemquin Executive Director Search

January 15, 2019
Kartemquin Films seeks an Executive Director to lead the dynamic organization at a pivotal moment in its venerable history. Building on the strong foundation established by its founders and constituents throughout the last 53 years, the Executive (continued …)

Minding the Gap, America to Me win at Cinema Eye Honors

January 11, 2019
Both and America to Me took home top prizes at Thursday's 12th Annual Cinema Eye Honors, presented at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, NY and hosted by Steve James. Minding the Gap earned three prizes – tying with Free Solo as the most (continued …)

Announcing the 2019 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) Fellows

January 9, 2019
Kartemquin Films and the Community Film Workshop of Chicago today announced the eight new 2019 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) fellows. The fellows are Shiraz Ahmed, Aisha Allen, Joua Lee Grande, Milton Guillen, Sebastián Pinzón-Silva, Shawn Taylor, (continued …)

ONE WEEK ONLY: '63 Boycott now available for free streaming

January 8, 2019
'63 Boycott, one of 10 short documentaries to advance as a contender for Best Documentary Short at the 2019 Academy Awards, is now available for free streaming for one week only through Kartemquin Films, Public Media’s WORLD Channel and the PBS App (continued …)

2018's #1 Doc and #1 TV Show: see Minding the Gap and America to Me in NYC

December 22, 2018
This past week The Hollywood Reporter published their year-end critics' picks, with Minding the Gap earning the #1 spot on its list of best documentaries and America to Me earning the #1 spot on its list of the best TV shows of 2018! Additionally, (continued …)

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 …)

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