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For more than 50 years, Kartemquin Films has been making documentaries that examine and critique society through the stories of real people.

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01/09/2025

Welcome .sanctuary and , our very first visitors! 🥹

01/07/2025

Happy New Year folks! If you haven’t left the house yet this year, here’s your sign - join us for a screening of the magnificent QUEENDOM followed by a conversation, hosted by Gordon Quinn, with protagonist Jenna Marvin, director Agniia Galdanova and producer Igor Myakotin.

Shortlisted for an Academy Award, the film follows Marvin, a q***r artist who, in defiance of Russia’s anti-LGTBQ laws, stages radical public performances that become a new form of art and activism.

📆 7pm, Tuesday, Jan 7th
📍 Kinowerks, 5645 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago 60660
RSVP - [email protected]

12/31/2024

2024 was a pretty big year for KTQ!

🎉 2 new staff members joined the KTQ team.

🎥 We welcomed 13 new filmmakers with 9 new films.

🎥 We provided countless hours of production support for the 17 incredible KTQ films currently in production.

💬 We launched our Vital Conversations series with .

🏀 Hoop Dreams turned 30 this year, and we celebrated the legacy of one of ‘the greatest documentaries ever made’.

🌍 KTQ films continued to screen worldwide, from London’s BFI to local Chicago schools and universities.

🏠 We said goodbye to our home of 50+ years and moved into our beautiful new home at Kimball Arts Center (all welcome to the housewarming on Feb 6th!).

A heartfelt THANK YOU to every one of you who supported us this year. We can’t wait to share all the wonderful things that lie in store for 2025!

12/20/2024

It’s the penultimate Film Friday of 2024 and it’s a special one - this week’s KTQ slate pick is the beautiful MY OMAHA, directed by Nick Beaulieu, that will have its WORLD PREMIERE at Slamdance 2025!

We’re so proud of Nick and producers Doug Block and Judith Mizrachy. This year the festival received 10,000 submissions and My Omaha is one of only 8 documentary features chosen for its 2025 lineup. Congrats to all the filmmakers screening at the festival, see you soon LA!

.beaulieu # MyOmaha

12/19/2024

HUGE congratulations to Director Kimberly Reed and the team for making the Oscars shortlist for Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr! 🎉

We’re privileged to be working with Kimberly on her latest feature, Paradise Valley. Find out more about that project on our website!

Watch the incredible Seat 31 via the New Yorker, link in comments.

12/18/2024

We are THRILLED to introduce the five 2024/25 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) fellows and their short film projects!

amaranta - WE ARE SEEDS

Mariam Atallah - BREAKING SALT

Obed Lamy - UNTITLED HAITIAN MIGRANTS IN SPRINGFIELD

Myron Miller - DOORS OFF

Cherrelle Swain - ANCESTRAL HEALING

We can’t wait to support these brilliant filmmakers and their extraordinary projects. Keep an eye out for DVID updates and news throughout next year.

Founded by Gordon Quinn of Kartemquin Films and Margaret Caples of Community Film Workshop of Chicago DVID is a twelve month cohort based program that supports non-fiction filmmakers telling stories that are intimate, grounded in community, and provoke audiences to question the world around them.

12/17/2024

We’re inching towards our fundraising goal! A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who has supported us so far, you donated, you shared our posts and we’re so grateful!

Did you that we can’t do what we do without you? Please consider supporting us this week and get us to our $20k goal. Every single dollar counts but liking and sharing is also supporting 🧡

Thanks to a generous donor every dollar you donate will be matched up to $10,000. Support KTQ today to double your impact! https://tinyurl.com/KTQChallenge

12/13/2024

Film Friday! This week’s pick in a KTQ film currently in production, slated for release in fall 2025 - Average White Band: Soul Searching.

The film chronicles remarkable story of how six young Scottish musicians left a lasting and indelible mark on the American Black music scene. There will also be an accompanying concert film.

Director Anthony Baxter is gearing up to film the band’s final ever concert, happening TONIGHT at the auditorium of St Louis’ only HBCU, Harris-Stowe State University. AWB first played in St Louis in 1977, at the city’s historic Kiel Auditorium, just a few weeks before they would share a bill with Marvin Gaye at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

12/12/2024

In 1966 Stan Karter, Jerry Temaner, and Gordon Quinn made a film called Home for Life and with it, Kartemquin Films was born. Over the past five decades, KTQ has welcomed countless filmmakers, storytellers, and changemakers, through its doors. Today, alongside Gordon Quinn, Kartemquin continues this legacy with a dedicated team of seven full-time staff members, all driven by a passion for authentic, impactful storytelling.

By contributing to our end-of-year campaign, you’re not just supporting the non profit work we do, you’re joining the KTQ team! Your generosity helps us nurture the next generation of filmmakers, amplify diverse voices, and continue creating films that inspire change.

Thanks to a generous donor every dollar you donate will be matched up to $10,000 - https://tinyurl.com/KTQChallenge

12/10/2024

Because we know that film can be an important catalyst for change, we also understand that who tells the story matters.

By supporting KTQ you’re supporting all of our programs. You’re helping to provide the tools, the expertise, and funding to empower documentary filmmakers who make films rooted in social justice and told from perspectives too often absent in mainstream media.

Please consider donating today and thanks to a generous donor every dollar you donate will be matched up to $10,000! https://tinyurl.com/KTQChallenge

12/04/2024

Since 1966, Kartemquin’s mission has been to support and empower filmmakers to tell stories that foster a more engaged and just society.

If you have been moved by any of our films, please help us continue this legacy by donating to our end of year appeal.

Thanks to a generous donor every dollar you donate will be matched up to $10,000!

DONATION LINK IN THE COMMENTS

12/03/2024

It’s GIVING TUESDAY and we’re launching our end of year fundraising appeal!

Whether it’s $25 or $250, your support helps us make an even bigger impact in our community through the power of documentary film.

Thanks to a generous donor, every dollar you donate will be matched up to $10k. Support KTQ today to double your impact!

Donate here: https://tinyurl.com/KTQChallenge

12/03/2024

This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to help us make an even bigger impact in our community through the power of film. All donations matched dollar for dollar through the end of the year.
https://tinyurl.com/KTQChallenge

11/23/2024

Film (festival) Friday - THANK YOU for a glorious week of films, panels and parties!

The highlight was getting to catch up with some KTQ filmmakers - Brydie O’Connor (Barbara Forever), Kimberly Reed (Paradise Valley), Nicole Tsien (Spirited), Judith Mizrachy, Nick Beaulieu & Doug Block (My Omaha), Elijah Stevens (Barbara Forever), Will Thwaits (Crime & Parody).

Shout out also to for the happiest of happy hours!

Photo 3 (l-r): Beyond Resilience: Artist on Artist - Sian-Pierre Regis (the best moderator in the biz), Shellée Haynesworth (director Camille A. Brown: Giant Steps), Michelle Parkerson (director Camille A. Brown: Giant Steps), Gioncarlo Valentine, Zeshawn Ali (director Gioncarlo Valentine: Elsewhere)

Photo 4 (l-r): Reimagining Distribution: Eno & The Case For Abundance - Hobby (Distribution Advocates), Jessica Edwards (producer), Emily Rothschild (producer)

Photo 5 (l-r): Nick Beaulieu, Will Thwaits, Mar Garvey (KTQ), Elijah Stevens

Photo 6 (l-r): Elijah Stevens, Will Thwaits, Mar Garvey, Brydie O’Connor, Nick Beaulieu

11/15/2024

🎥 It's Film Friday folks! Seeing as we could all use a little joy and warmth these days, this week's KTQ catalog pick is LIFE ITSELF (2014), Steve James' moving portrait of Roger Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic.

"Kindness covers all of my political beliefs. ... We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.” Roger Ebert, Life Itself

Go to kartemquin.org for ways to watch!

11/13/2024

DOC NYC - the largest documentary film festival in the US - kicks off today 👏 We'll be there from the 16th to the 21st so come by and say hi if you're in town!

And we're wishing the best of luck to all KTQ-ers screening and pitching at the fest:

🎞 Zoe Sua Cho (producer) - BETWEEN GOODBYES - screening Nov 19th & 20th

🎞 Kimberley Reed (director/producer) - SEAT 31: ZOOEY ZEPHYR- screening Nov 15th

🎞 Nicole Tsien (producer) - SLUMLORD MILLIONAIRE - screening Nov 15th, 16th & 17th

🎤 EJ LEE: ALL AMERICAN team, Jason Rhee (director), and Zoe Sua Cho (producer), will be taking part in Pitch Day, Nov 14th

For info and tickets go to docnyc.net

11/11/2024

THANK YOU to everyone who joined us for an unforgettable Hoop Dreams celebration with on Saturday, what an evening!

Thanks to William, Arthur, Steve and Peter for such a lively conversation and a special thanks to J.A. Adande for moderating so thoughtfully.

A huge shoutout to Sam Leapley, Mark Bazer (last pic) and Stephanie Storey from the Chicago Humanities Festival team for their hard work in making this event such a success.

But wait, there’s more! In 2014, journalist Jason Guerrasio sat down with the filmmakers, stars, and industry insiders to create an incredible oral history of Hoop Dreams. Originally published in The Dissolve (RIP), this deep dive captures the journey, challenges, and legacy of the film and is now available on our website - https://kartemquin.org/film/hoop-dreams/

Here’s to 30 years of Hoop Dreams – and to the enduring power of storytelling!

11/07/2024

Need to be with your people this weekend? COME JOIN US this Saturday at Festival as we continue to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Hoop Dreams 🏀

Stars of the film Arthur Agee and William Gates will be joined by filmmakers Steve James, Peter Gilbert and Frederick Marx for a look back at the film that changed their lives while reflecting on what has — and hasn’t changed — for young men and women chasing their dreams on the basketball courts of Chicago.

🎟️ Tix and info: https://chicagohumanities.org/events/attend/hoop-dreams-30th-anniversary/
👉 Program will have Assistive Listening Devices and Open Captions

[Image description: Hoop Dreams at 30 event tile with date, time, and location.]

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