Beti Films

12/19/2023

“The film was used as professional development for Cook County judges,” Byrne said. “That was something I was really proud of.”

Success is a journey. By  Neil Steinberg Dec 17, 2023 You don’t often see a judge cry. But Cook County Circuit Court Judge Lauren Edidin was repeatedly brushing away tears on Thursday — though she would be quick to point out it was not in her own courtroom but at a de

01/17/2023

📺Any Given Day is up on AppleTV/iTunes! 📺

Check out the latest blog post on Beti Films website for more details! Any Given Day documentary

You’ll find it easy to see yourself and your loved ones reflected in Any Given Day .  And it’s easier than ever to watch Any Given Day cause it’s now available to rent and purchase on AppleTV & iTunes . While investigating the treatment of detainees with mental illness in Chi

10/27/2021

We are honored to win the Chicago Award Chicago International Film Festival for Any Given Day directed by Margaret Byrne. Read more about it below:

We’re excited to share that Any Given Day is the winner of the Chicago Award, an honor presented to an outstanding film in the festival’s City & State program.  Selected by jurors Andre Muir, Jenny Shi, and Jon Siskel, the jury shared the following commendation: Margaret Byrne’

10/23/2021

Last day to watch award winning Any Given Day in person at Chicago International Film Festival at 12pm at AMC River East with a Q&A with Margaret Byrne to follow.

We’re pleased to announce that Any Given Day is the winner of the Chicago International Film Festival 2021 Chicago Award. Thank you City/State Competition jury for this honor.

Please join us TOMORROW at 12 noon for an in-person screening of the film. For tickets, visit https://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/event/any-given-day/.

05/17/2021

The reviews are in for Any Given Day documentary and we've included a few below. Check out our newsletter to read more.

"This is one of the most moving testaments to human resilience that I’ve ever seen. The very existence of the film is an act of bravery." - Barbara Goslawski, Frameline

"This film is an example of the magic that happens when the camera keeps rolling, offering an unfiltered view of reality, and sticking with a subject for the long haul. It’s a deeply empathetic documentary." - Pat Mullen, POV Magazine

We are thrilled to announce that Any Given Day received an Honorable Mention for Emerging Filmmaker Award and was named as one of Hot Docs Best of Fest by the Toronto Film Critics Association. RECENT REVIEWS: "This is one of the most moving testaments to human resilience th

07/22/2018

Vote Vivian For A Change

Vivian is running for BOE - please show your support! Over a million people saw Kartemquin Films Raising Bertie -- so you know what I'm talking about! - Margaret Byrne

07/05/2018

Today at Beti Films, the three girls are in the process of archiving thousand of pages of documents for an upcoming project and story boarding their next collaboration. Also, BETI means daughter, not Betty like the 🐶

05/30/2018

The Doc Talk Show has another great sold out event tomorrow night, The Doc Talk Show #15: Chicago Footwork.

Check out Margaret Byrne at the 1:33 mark in this quick recap of last month's event which featured a sample of our film currently in production, Any Given Day documentary: https://vimeo.com/267316744

Thank you to Jeff Spitz for organizing such wonderful and inspiring gatherings of the documentary community in Chicago!

This is "Doc Talk Show #14 - Mental Health Breaks" by The Doc Unit on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

05/07/2018

We're very proud that the stories shared in Raising Bertie continue to have an impact! After watching the film Kristin Cooper, First Lady of North Carolina, visited The Bertie Hive House last week and said, "I think this is all pretty amazing... this is the kind of facility every county needs... every kid needs a place to belong."

https://m.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/2018/05/07/seeing-and-believing/

LEWISTON-WOODVILLE – On a whirlwind tour of three eastern North Carolina counties, Bertie, Perquimans, and Pasquotank, primarily to visit their various Arts Councils North Carolina’s ‘First Lady’, Kristin Cooper, made a side stop in Lewiston-Woodville on Tuesday to visit the Hive House.

05/01/2018

Did you know that Beti Films' Margaret Byrne was a consulting producer and cinematographer for All the Queen's Horses, a film about the largest case of municipal fraud in American history? This great documentary directed by Kelly Richmond Pope is now available on VOD – ranking #1 on iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play in its first week on release! 🐎🐎🐎

Check out this clip – filmed by Margaret and edited by Rory McFadden – of Dixon residents getting ready to screen ALL THE QUEEN'S HORSES in the backyard of Rita Crundwell's former home:

https://www.facebook.com/queenshorses/videos/997699307048982/

04/26/2018

Tonight's The Doc Talk Show #14: Mental Health Breaks featuring Margaret Byrne is SOLD OUT! If you didn't reserve your spot yet there will be a waitlist at the door. Hope to see you there!

Tonight's show #14 Mental Health Breaks is sold out. There will be a wait list at the door. Wait list line will be seated at 7:15 depending on # of no shows. Thanks!

04/23/2018

Starting off this week feeling inspired by the young filmmakers and fellow filmmakers on the panel at this past Sunday’s CineYouth Film Pitch!

Margaret Byrne will be talking about her new feature documentary currently in production, ANY GIVEN DAY, at The Doc Talk Show this Thursday. Space is limited so make sure to RSVP on Eventbrite!

The Doc Talk Show #14: Mental Health Breaks

04/18/2018

Beti Films' Margaret Byrne will be a panelist at the CineYouth Film Pitch this Sunday, April 22nd! Good luck to the young filmmakers who will be pitching!

10:00am - 3:00pm Film PitchOne of our favorite things to ask young filmmakers is, “What are you working on next?” As their talent and style evolve, the young filmmakers at CineYouth provide us with a window to their world and the opportunity to watch them as they grow. The CineYouth Film Pitch i...

03/09/2018

Tune in this weekend to an interview with Beti Films' own Margaret Byrne on The Documentary Life podcast! She talks Raising Bertie, her new project, and life as an independent filmmaker. 📽️

Margaret Byrne Leads a Documentary Life No other guest that we’ve yet had on the show exemplifies what we’ve been defining over the past 21 months here on TDL as living and leading a documentary life,...

02/08/2018

Have you seen Raising Bertie yet? It's available to stream for *free* on POV during !
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Raising Bertie is an intimate portrait of three African-American boys as they face a precarious coming of age in rural Bertie County, North Carolina. This powerful vérité film weaves the young men's narratives together as they work to define their identities and grow into adulthood while navigatin...

01/15/2018

Catch American Promise streaming for free on POV through January 30th! Beti Films own Margaret Byrne and Jon Stuyvesant were cinematographers on this Emmy-nominated and Sundance Film Festival jury award winning film.

In American Promise, African-American parents Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson film their son and his friend, who attend one of the country’s most prestigious private schools.

12/09/2017

Honored to share that Raising Bertie was highlighted as one of the best documentaries of 2017 by Paste Magazine!

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/12/the-15-best-documentaries-of-2017.html

Kartemquin Films POV PBS

We choose the 15 essential documentaries of 2017.

10/17/2017

Join Margaret, Ian, Vivian, and Dada for a screening of Raising Bertie at Duke University this Friday, October 20th!

Raising Bertie will screen at the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy on Friday, October 20 at 5:30PM. Director Margaret Byrne, producer Ian Robertson Kibbe, Vivian Saunders (CEO and founder of The Hive) and film subject Davonte 'Dada' Harrell will be present for a post-scr