Kartemquin Films Movies

  • 1994
    Hoop Dreams

    Hoop Dreams

    Hoop Dreams

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    Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High...

    Hoop Dreams
  • 2022
    A Compassionate Spy

    A Compassionate Spy

    A Compassionate Spy

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    Physicist Ted Hall is recruited to join the Manhattan Project as a teenager and goes to Los Alamos with no idea what he'll be working on. When he...

    A Compassionate Spy
  • 2018
    Minding the Gap

    Minding the Gap

    Minding the Gap

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    Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations...

    Minding the Gap
  • 2014
    Life Itself

    Life Itself

    Life Itself

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    The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling...

    Life Itself
  • 2010
    No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson

    No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson

    No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson

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    Director Steve James returns to his home town of Hampton, Virginia to tell the story of how the trial of a young basketball star left a city divided.

    No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
  • 2017
    Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

    Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

    Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

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    The incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by...

    Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
  • 2011
    The Interrupters

    The Interrupters

    The Interrupters

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    The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters — former gang members who try to protect their Chicago...

    The Interrupters
  • 2023
    Story & Pictures By

    Story & Pictures By

    Story & Pictures By

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    Takes audiences behind the scenes of the new golden age of children’s picture books —a time when all children can see characters who look...

    Story & Pictures By
  • 2002
    Stevie

    Stevie

    Stevie

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    In 1995 Director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) returned to rural Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy he had been an...

    Stevie
  • 2013
    The Trials of Muhammad Ali

    The Trials of Muhammad Ali

    The Trials of Muhammad Ali

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    Brash boxer Cassius Clay burst into the American consciousness in the early 1960s, just ahead of the Civil Rights movement. His transformation into...

    The Trials of Muhammad Ali
  • 2023
    The First Step

    The First Step

    The First Step

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    Van Jones navigates increasingly tense and isolating political and racial divides in his attempt to become a “bridge builder” during the...

    The First Step
  • 2019
    Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

    Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

    Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

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    Filmmaker Judith Helfand's searing investigation into the politics of “disaster” – by way of the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave, in...

    Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
  • 2017
    Raising Bertie

    Raising Bertie

    Raising Bertie

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    Raising Bertie is a longitudinal documentary feature following three young African American boys over the course of six years as they grow into...

    Raising Bertie
  • 1979
    U.E. Wells

    U.E. Wells

    U.E. Wells

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    U.E. Wells follows an organizing drive by the United Electrical Workers Union at the Wells Foundry in Chicago. The multi-ethnic work force of Polish,...

    U.E. Wells
  • 2010
    Prisoner of Her Past

    Prisoner of Her Past

    Prisoner of Her Past

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    Sonia Reich- who survived the Holocaust as a child by running and hiding, suddenly believes that she is being hunted again, 60 years later.

    Prisoner of Her Past
  • 2020
    Represent

    Represent

    Represent

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    In the heart of the American Midwest, three women take on entrenched political systems in their fight to reshape local politics on their own terms.

    Represent
  • 2021
    Wuhan Wuhan

    Wuhan Wuhan

    Wuhan Wuhan

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    In a time when the world needs greater cross-cultural understanding, WUHAN WUHAN is an invaluable depiction of a metropolis joining together to...

    Wuhan Wuhan
  • 2014
    The Homestretch

    The Homestretch

    The Homestretch

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    Three homeless teenagers brave Chicago winters, the pressures of high school, and life alone on the streets to build a brighter future.

    The Homestretch
  • 2008
    In the Family

    In the Family

    In the Family

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    At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with...

    In the Family
  • 2011
    A Good Man

    A Good Man

    A Good Man

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    A Good Man follows acclaimed director/choreographer Bill T. Jones for two tumultuous years, as he tackles the most ambitious work of his career, an...

    A Good Man