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KARTEMQUIN FILMS

April 2015

This month, we were featured in Realscreen magazine's "Global 100," their annual listing of the world's most influential nonfiction production companies. See below for the latest news on the films that led us to be so honored! As one of the very few (perhaps the only?) not-for-profit organizations on that list, we don't just make films, but also put a lot of time and resources into programs and advocacy that aim to ensure the vitality of the documentary form. Thanks for your support in allowing us to continue.
~ Justine Nagan, Executive Director

ON TELEVISION

PBS Independent Lens hosts the broadcast television premiere of The Homestretch on Monday, April 13 at 10pm ET / 9pm CT (Check local listings).

Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly's moving film follows three homeless teens as they navigate going to school, graduating and pursuing their futures. As their stories are told, the film explores issues of poverty, race, justice, immigration, foster care and LGBT equality. Find out more.

Watch the Independent Lens trailer for The Homestretch.

Hard Earned begins airing weekly on Al Jazeera America on Sunday, May 3 at 10pm ET / 7pm PT.

Read about the creation of this groundbreaking, intimate profile of Americans living on low income.

In honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Chicago's PBS station WTTW airs Prisoner of Her Past for the fifth year running on Sunday, April 12th at 4pm. Witness a moving story of late-onset post-traumatic stress disorder.

AT FESTIVALS & IN THEATERS

Saving Mes Aynak screens today at Full Frame Documentary Festival.

Director Brent E. Huffman, producer Zak Piper, and executive producer Julia Reichert are at the sold out screening.

Early reviews praise the film as "powerful," "engrossing," and "the most important documentary showing at Full Frame this year."

Directors Aaron Wickenden and Dan Rybicky continue touring with their highly acclaimed Almost There at film festivals in Sarasota, Wisconsin, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Arizona this month. Get more details.

Chicagoans who missed the sold out Midwest Independent Film Festival screening can catch it for free at CIMMFest on April 18th.

On Beauty has won awards at 3 film festivals in a row!

Honored with the Jury Award for Best Short at Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival, and the Audience Award for Best Short Documentary at Cleveland International Film Festival AND the Geneva Film Festival, the film will hope to keep this streak going at Newport Beach Film Festival on April 30.

Bring the film to your town.

An interactive, collaboratively-made series, The School Project is stimulating unprecedented discussions about Chicago's education system at live events, on public TV stations, and online.

"UnChartered Territory," the 5th episode, premieres on April 25. This 10-minute film examines the growing trend toward privatization of public schools, the idea of ‘choice’ and how it affects the system, and the role of innovation in charter schools.

SEE ALL UPCOMING KTQ EVENTS

ON DVD, BLU-RAY & VOD

Critics love the Criterion Blu-ray edition of the newly restored Hoop Dreams!

Life Itself is now on Netflix, along with DVD, Blu-Ray and digital download.

BROWSE OUR ONLINE STORE

IN THE NEWS

After Chicago's spirited PBS listening tour event, Norman Lear wrote a rousing call for support of independent documentaries and the goals of the Indie Caucus in a New York Times editorial.

Sign this petition asking to keep PBS documentaries in prime-time.

Our in-progress film All the Queen's Horses - about the largest municipal fraud in US history - caught the attention of the Chicago Tribune.

You can catch a sneak peak of the film with The Prosecutors, Keep Talking, Minding the Gap, at our 4th annual Spring Showcase on May 1st in Chicago.

IN PROGRESS

Declare Home, the mobile rapid response online civic groupware app currently in development with the documentary Cooked, received a grant from Tribeca All Access.

VIEW ALL OUR IN-PROGRESS FILMS

PROGRAMS & ADVOCACY

Southside Projections will be premiering several rare industrial films created by Kartemquin members from the 1970s to the 1990s. Many have never screened in public before. Sign up for the event today!

Join us at Lake FX Summit + Expo on April 17-18. Kartemquin staff members Justine Nagan, Gordon Quinn, and Beckie Stocchetti will participate in several unique panel discussions with other industry veterans.

Kartemquin is again part of a coalition currently filing comments with the United States Copyright Office seeking an exemption to the DMCA to ensure all filmmakers can exercise their fair use rights.

LEARN MORE ABOUT WORKING WITH US

ABOUT KARTEMQUIN

Kartemquin Films is a collaborative center for documentary media makers who seek to foster a more engaged and empowered society. With a noted tradition of nurturing emerging talent and acting as a leading voice for independent media, Kartemquin is building on over 49 years of sparking democracy through documentary.

A revered resource within the film community on issues of fair use, ethics, story and civic discourse, Kartemquin is internationally recognized for crafting quality documentaries backed by audience and community engagement strategies, and for its innovative media arts community programs.

Kartemquin is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. www.kartemquin.com

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