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Kartemquin
Kartemquin Films is a four-time Oscar-nominated 501(c)3 non-profit production company located in Chicago, Illinois, that produces a wide range of documentary films. It is the documentary filmmaking home of acclaimed producers such as Gordon Quinn ('' A Good Man''), Steve James ('' Hoop Dreams''), Peter Gilbert (''Hoop Dreams''; '' At the Death House Door''), Maria Finitzo ('' Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita''; '' In the Game''), Joanna Rudnick ('' In the Family''), Bing Liu (''Minding the Gap''), Aaron Wickenden ('' Almost There''), and Ashley O’Shay ( Unapologetic). The organization was founded in 1966 by Gordon Quinn, Jerry Temaner and Stan Karter, three University of Chicago graduates who wanted to make documentary films guided by their principle of "Cinematic Social Inquiry". They were soon joined by Jerry Blumenthal, who remained an integral part of the organization until he died on November 13, 2014. Gordon Quinn remained Executive Director through late 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve James (producer)
Steve James (born March 8, 1954) is an American film producer and director of several documentaries, including '' Hoop Dreams'' (1994), '' Stevie'' (2002), ''The Interrupters'' (2011), '' Life Itself'' (2014), and '' Abacus: Small Enough to Jail'' (2016). Early life James was born in Hampton, Virginia. Career In 1997, James directed the feature film '' Prefontaine'' and the TV movies ''Passing Glory'' and ''Joe and Max''. One of his more recent films, ''The Interrupters'' which is a portrayal of a year inside the lives of former gang members in Chicago who now intervene in violent conflicts, was released in January 2011. Earlier it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film is his sixth feature length collaboration with his long-time filmmaking home, the non-profit Chicago production studio Kartemquin Films,. It is his fifth feature to be accepted into the Sundance Film Festival. While working with Kartemquin Films, James has produced many films that pursue social inqui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoop Dreams
''Hoop Dreams'' is a 1994 American documentary film directed by Steve James, and produced by Frederick Marx, James, and Peter Gilbert, with Kartemquin Films. It follows the story of two African-American high school students, William Gates and Arthur Agee, in Chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players. ''Hoop Dreams'' was originally intended to be a 30-minute short film produced for PBS; the filming of the special led to five years of filming and 250 hours of footage. ''Hoop Dreams'' premiered at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. It won numerous other awards in the 1994 season, although it was not nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Despite its length (171 minutes) and unlikely commercial genre, it received high critical and popular acclaim, and grossed over $11 million worldwide. ''Hoop Dreams'' was ranked #1 on the Current TV special '' 50 Documentaries to See Bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Chain
''Taylor Chain'' I & II are a pair of documentary films, produced by Kartemquin FIlms, that first examine a seven-week workers' strike at a Hammond, Indiana, chain manufacturing plant and then follow the collective bargaining process of the same plant one decade later. Originally released by Kartemquin as two separate short documentaries in 1980 and 1984, ''Taylor Chain I & II'' were released together to show how the decade-long labor movement was affected by the recession and anti-union legislation of the early 1980s. ''Taylor Chain I: The Story in a Union Local'' begins in the 1970s, as workers at the Taylor Chain manufacturing plant begin negotiations with management for a new contract. Cameras go from the factory floor into the union hall, as workers both young and old argue about stipulations within proposed contracts. The negotiations lead to a seven-week strike, as the union takes to the picket line. Eventually, both sides make concessions and the workers return to work. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home For Life
''Home for Life'', the founding documentary of Kartemquin Films released in 1967, depicts the experiences of two elderly people in their first month at a home for the aged. One is a woman whose struggle to remain useful in her son and daughter-in-law's home is no longer appreciated. The other is a widower, without a family, who suddenly realizes he can no longer take care of himself. The film offers an unblinking look at the feelings of the two new residents in their encounters with other residents, medical staff, social workers, psychiatrists and family. Winning the Chicago Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, as well as being an Official Selection at both the New York Film Festival and Edinburgh Film Festival, Kartemquin recently restored ''Home for Life'' and made their landmark film available to own on DVD. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Americans
''The New Americans'' is a seven-hour American documentary, produced by Kartemquin Films, which was originally broadcast on American television over three nights on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in late March 2004. Description The observational documentary, which includes minimal voice-over narration and very little direct interviewing of its subjects (and none in which the interviewer's voice is heard), follows the lives of a series of immigrants to the United States over the course of four years. The series was filmed between 1998 and 2001, although not all of its subjects were filmed during that entire length of time. The immigrants were filmed both in their countries of origin before immigrating as well as in the United States. The filming during this period was extensive and occurred in the subjects' homes, at their places of work, in government offices, and in a number of other situations, many of them quite intimate. As a result, ''The New Americans'' offers an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gilbert (filmmaker)
Peter Gilbert (born ) is an American documentary filmmaker. He was the cinematographer and one of the producers of ''Hoop Dreams'', a 1994 documentary about two teenage basketball players in Chicago. He has worked on several films for Kartemquin Films, including ''Vietnam, Long Time Coming'', '' At the Death House Door'' (which he co-directed with Steve James), and ''In the Game''. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking in 2005 for producing ''With All Deliberate Speed'', a documentary about ''Brown v. Board of Education''. Prior to ''Hoop Dreams'', he worked on the cinematography of '' American Dream'' by Barbara Kopple, and with Haskell Wexler. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. , he lives in Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5 Girls
''5 Girls'' is a documentary released in 2001 by Kartemquin Films for PBS's P.O.V. series. The film follows five young women between the ages of 13 and 17. Directed by Maria Finitzo, ''5 Girls'' made its television premiere on PBS's P.O.V. on October 2, 2001. At the time of the film's release, ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...'' praised ''5 Girls'' for its "intimacy and candor". Reminiscent of Michael Apted's classic Up! series, the film unfolds into a bold "sociological portrait" showing the transformation of each girl into a woman. In 2002, ''5 Girls'' was awarded the Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Film & Digital Media from the Council on Foundations. The film also took home The Silver Award from the Chicago Film & Television Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Good Man (2011 Film)
''A Good Man'' is a 2011 documentary film about Tony Award-winning dance choreographer, Bill T. Jones, and his efforts to create the dance-theatre piece, "Fondly Do We Hope...Fervently Do We Pray", a salute to Abraham Lincoln for Chicago's Ravinia Festival. ''A Good Man'' details Jones's personal struggles with race and coming to grips with the legacy of the Lincoln Presidency and the American Civil War. From the initial pre-production to the show's final performance, the documentary follows Jones as he attempts to connect with his dancers and convey the spirit of the civil rights movement that has inspired him as an artist. ''A Good Man'' was a co-production of American Masters, ITVS, Kartemquin Films, Media Process Group, The Ravinia Festival and was produced by Joanna Rudnick and directed by Gordon Quinn and Bob Herucles. The documentary aired on PBS's American Masters ''American Masters'' is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At The Death House Door
''At the Death House Door'' is a 2008 documentary film about Carroll Pickett, who served as the death house chaplain to the infamous "Walls" prison unit in Huntsville, Texas. It was produced and directed by the team of Steve James and Peter Gilbert, co-produced by Zak Piper and Aaron Wickenden. James and Gilbert had previously worked together on the well-received Kartemquin Films documentary ''Hoop Dreams'', on which James was the producer and director and Gilbert served as producer and director of photography. The film was produced by Kartemquin Films in association with the ''Chicago Tribune'', which provided partial funding. Synopsis Pickett presided over 95 executions in his 15-year career, including the very first by lethal injection. He kept his feelings about his work from his family, instead audiotaping an account of each one. Initially pro-execution, he became an anti-death penalty activist. Pickett was most affected by the execution of Carlos DeLuna in 1989. He firmly b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almost There (film)
''Almost There'' is a 2014 independent documentary film, produced by Kartemquin Films. It was directed by Aaron Wickenden and Dan Rybicky. The film delivered a Central Pitch at the 2013 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Forum. It later premiered at DOC NYC and Sheffield Doc/Fest, followed by Official Selections at film festivals around the world. It has received coverage in ''The New York Times'', C''hicago Tribune'', ''The Village Voice ''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, John Wilcock, and Norman Mailer, the ''Voice'' began as a platform for the crea ...'', and many other outlets. ''Almost There'' was nominated for the 2016 Cinema Eye Honors Spotlight Award. It was acquired for distribution by Factory 25. Synopsis ''Almost There'' follows elderly outsider artist Peter Anton. It explores how his life changes dramatically after he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Family (2008 Film)
''In the Family'' is a 2008 documentary film, produced by Kartemquin Films, about predicting breast and ovarian cancer and the choices women make when they are faced with the dangers of a possible life-threatening disease. The film's director, Joanna Rudnick, tests positive for the familial BRCA mutation that increases her chances of developing breast cancer by 60%. Faced with these odds, Rudnick must examine her choices of possibly taking her chances or possibly having her breasts and ovaries removed. ''In the Family'' takes a look at genetic testing, something that was an impossibility to previous generations, but for some women, the decision to be tested is not easy. Rudnick follows several women going through the decision to be tested, some who are cancer survivors and some that are losing that battle. The question for each woman is, "how much do you sacrifice to survive?" Produced by Kartemquin Films, ''In the Family'' premiered on PBS's P.O.V. ''POV'' (also written ''P.O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevie (2002 Film)
''Stevie'' is a 2002 film by documentarian Steve James, and Kartemquin Films. Content In 1995, James returned to Pomona, a rural town in Southern Illinois, USA. After 10 years with no contact, he attempts to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy to whom he had been an 'Advocate Big Brother'. James's re-entry into Stevie's life is brief. The story then picks up again about two years later after Stevie is charged with a serious crime. Through interviews with Stevie and his family and friends, James paints the portrait of a man who is still very troubled, while he tries to understand what led Stevie down the path of self-destruction. Post-release ''Stevie'' was the winner of numerous festival awards, including the 2002 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival's Joris Ivens Award, given to that year's top documentary. The film was a 2003 nominee for Best Documentary at the Sundance FIlm Festival, as well as the Independent Spirit Awards. By decade's e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |