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The centerpiece of Kartemquin's 50-year celebration will be a “Milestones” public gala at Chicago’s Harris Theater on June 24, 2016. The event will reunite filmmakers, subjects, and prominent partners, fans, and alumni across the five decades of the collective. The honorary chair of the evening will be the our own Chaz Ebert, President of ...
From acclaimed director Steve James and bestselling author Alex Kotlowitz this film is an unusually intimate journey into the stubborn persistence of violence in our cities. Shot over the course of a year out of Kartemquin Films, The Interrupters captures a period in Chicago when it became a national symbol for the violence in our cities.
Dec 2, 2022 · A Conversation with Gordon Quinn and Amir George. For over 50 years, Chicago’s Kartemquin Films has been at the vanguard of social issue nonfiction. “Sparking democracy through documentary since 1966,” as it states on the KTQ website, the group is known for such cinéma vérité milestones as Inquiring Nuns (1968) and Chicago Maternity Center Story (1976); their most famous chronicle of American inner-city struggle, Hoop Dreams (1994); more recent Oscar-nominated breakouts Minding the ...
Keep Talking follows four Alaska Native women fighting to save Kodiak Alutiiq, an endangered language now spoken by less than 40 remaining fluent Native Elders. Their small community travels to remote Afognak Island to start teaching kids Alutiiq. Sadie, 13, is inspired to begin learning the language and dances of her ancestors. Instead of getting swept up in the wake of historical trauma, these women overcome personal demons and build toward a brighter future. Keep Talking reveals the ...
As the film unfolds, Bing captures 23-year-old Zack’s tumultuous relationship with his girlfriend deteriorate after the birth of their son and 17-year-old Keire struggling with his racial identity as he faces new responsibilities following the death of his father.
Kartemquin Films is a collaborative community that empowers documentary makers who create stories that foster a more engaged and just society. Bike Vessel - Kartemquin Films An African-American filmmaker explores health disparities within the Black community through the lens of his father, Donnie Seals Sr., who almost died after 3 open-heart surgeries.
She is a “refrigerator mother”. Refrigerator Mothers paints an intimate portrait of an entire generation of mothers, already laden with the challenge of raising profoundly disordered children, who lived for years under the dehumanizing shadow of professionally promoted “mother blame.”. Once isolated and unheard, these mothers have ...
