Kartemquin Films

Kartemquin Films 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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Things have been busy at KTQ's Office this week...We were so excited to welcome our 2024-2025 DVID Fellows into our new ...
06/20/2025

Things have been busy at KTQ's Office this week...

We were so excited to welcome our 2024-2025 DVID Fellows into our new space for a Fellowship Retreat!! Our fellows participated in workshops lead by esteemed members of our KTQ Community, Leslie Simmer and Sam Rong, along with Work-In-Progress Screenings and Pitch Deck Feedback sessions. Gordon Quinn and Margaret Caples, co-founders of the DVID Program, also attended, gracing us with their wisdom and feedback.

Everyone at KTQ was buzzing from the artistic electricity of this retreat, and were reminded of how powerful this community is. We even had a little future filmmaker join us!! 😍 So cute!!

As we know, filmmaking is a process... and so is taking a group photo. Click through to see our attempts. ☺️😅




We are excited to support our friends at Documentary Producers Alliance (DPA) and the Ethics Resource Library (ERL), a f...
06/11/2025

We are excited to support our friends at Documentary Producers Alliance (DPA) and the Ethics Resource Library (ERL), a free, public, and centralized online database designed to support ethical decision-making throughout the documentary and reality filmmaking process.

Built by and for filmmakers, the ERL aggregates and amplifies trusted resources that address the complex ethical challenges our industry faces today. From consent and authorship to funding transparency, working with vulnerable communities, and more, whether you’re an emerging storyteller or a seasoned producer, the ERL is a living resource to help guide your work with care and integrity.

We are honored to add our name to the list of impactful organizations that have endorsed the ERL, including the Documentary Accountability Working Group (DAWG), DocuMentality, Film Fatales, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, Columbia College Chicago, Jewish Film Institute, Peace is Loud, and many others.

📚Check out the ERL by checking out the link in ' bio!




06/09/2025

We are so excited for Holding Liat's North American Premiere today at the Tribeca Film Festival. Check out this sneak peak at an incredibly vital and timely story.

A very sad addition to our Film Friday offerings. Our deepest condolences to the Reich family following the passing of S...
06/06/2025

A very sad addition to our Film Friday offerings. Our deepest condolences to the Reich family following the passing of Sonia Reich, featured in the Kartemquin film, Prisoner of Her Past, written and produced by Howard Reich, directed by Gordon Quinn, and edited by Jerry Blumenthal. You can watch the film by visiting kartemquin.org. May the memory of Sonia be a blessing.

Happy Friday and happy ! For the first of Pride, we are celebrating the beautiful film 'Papi's Pregnant,' which chron...
06/06/2025

Happy Friday and happy ! For the first of Pride, we are celebrating the beautiful film 'Papi's Pregnant,' which chronicles filmmaker Oliverio Rodriguez's "transgender, non-binary and q***r pregnancy through a burgeoning medical field during preconception. Traversing montage, cinema vérité style, traditional interviews with the medical community and familial discussions; the film is a portrait that reveals personal and healthcare challenges and biases faced by the q***r community when beginning parenthood." As a transmaculine, non-binary person, Rodriguez challenges societal norms around pregnancy, sharing their story with humility and honesty.

What q***r stories are you celebrating this month? Drop your recommendations in a comment below!

Happy ! As Asian American & Pacific Islanders Month comes to a close, Kartemquin is celebrating the AAPI stories we hav...
05/31/2025

Happy ! As Asian American & Pacific Islanders Month comes to a close, Kartemquin is celebrating the AAPI stories we have had the privilege to tell and are looking forward to the ones we get to be a part of in the future.

"Wuhan Wuhan" (2021) dir. by Yung Chang
"Finding Yingying" (2020) dir. by Jiayan "Jenny" Shi
"Minding the Gap" (2018) dir. by Bing Liu
"Abacus: Small Enough to Jail" (2016) dir. by Steve James
"Unbroken Glass" (2016) dir. by Dinesh Das Sabu
"Vietnam, Long Time Coming" (1998) dir. by Jerry Blumenthal, Peter Gilbert, & Gordon Quinn

IN PROGRESS
"E.J. Lee: All American" dir. by Jason Rhee
"Iris Chang: Power of One" dir. Kimberlee Bassford
"Spirited" dir. Joua Lee Grande

This past weekend had us thinking of all the ways we can honor the veterans that we have lost and those still with us....
05/27/2025

This past weekend had us thinking of all the ways we can honor the veterans that we have lost and those still with us. In our 1998 film, 'Vietnam, Long Time Coming', veterans of the Vietnam War participate in a sixteen day, 1,200 mile bicycle ride from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, to both commemorate and heal from their experiences in war, as well as celebrate inclusivity for wounded and disabled veterans. How did you celebrate Memorial Day this year? Drop a comment or memory of a veteran in your life below!

We're thrilled to see getting selected to be part of the Work-In-Progress Showcase for his film Crime & Parody.
05/21/2025

We're thrilled to see getting selected to be part of the Work-In-Progress Showcase for his film Crime & Parody.

We had so much fun at the Asian American Showcase with and filmmaker for the amazing shorts program which included Tas...
05/20/2025

We had so much fun at the Asian American Showcase with and filmmaker for the amazing shorts program which included Tasting Heritage, a film that was supported by the Zhao-Chen Family AAPI Voices Fund at Kartemquin. Thanks to the for creating space to experience these films in community.

DEADLINE ALERT! Don't miss this chance to add your voice to the largest global study of documentary filmmakers and creat...
05/19/2025

DEADLINE ALERT! Don't miss this chance to add your voice to the largest global study of documentary filmmakers and creatives.

Our very own Gordon Quinn is being inducted into the 2025 Gold and Silver Circle Honor Society during the News and Docum...
05/19/2025

Our very own Gordon Quinn is being inducted into the 2025 Gold and Silver Circle Honor Society during the News and Documentary Emmys on June 25 and 26 in NYC. Thank you National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the recognition of Gordon's achievements and commitment to craft.




Catch the broadcast premier of The Ants & The Grasshopper, Sunday May 25 at 10/9c on DOC WORLD. Also streaming on worldc...
05/15/2025

Catch the broadcast premier of The Ants & The Grasshopper, Sunday May 25 at 10/9c on DOC WORLD. Also streaming on worldchannel.org.

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