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UnScarred doc about tattooed scars holds virtual art show

By Reel Chicago Mar 30, 2021 0 Comment

The feature length documentary, UnScarred announced that it will host a virtual art show on Friday, April 9 at 7 p.m. on Facebook Live. The art show aims to increase awar...

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Kartemquin Films appoints three new board members

By Reel Chicago Mar 5, 2021 0 Comment

Kartemquin Films announced the addition of three esteemed new members to the organization’s board, including Abby Kang Davis, Patrice Perkins and Shirley Yang. The thre...

FILM

Groundbreaking doc ‘What About Me’ to air in Feb

By Reel Chicago Jan 14, 2021 0 Comment

Groundbreaking documentary What About Me will air in syndication February 6–28, 2021. In an effort to change the negative perceptions of African American Men in the media, 5J...

In memoriam

Michael Apted prolific director, producer, writer has died

By Reel Chicago Jan 12, 2021 0 Comment

Michael Apted, producer, writer and actor, and one of the most prolific film directors of his generation has died at age 79. Born in 1941 in Aylesbury, England, Apted had an...

WTTW explores intergenerational poverty in Chicago

By Reel Chicago Jan 6, 2021 0 Comment

In Chicago, your birthplace often determines your destiny. Children born in one West Side census tract between 1978 and 1983 grew up to have a median annual household income of...

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Byron Allen snags distribution for Healing from Hate

By Reel Chicago Dec 30, 2020 0 Comment

Freestyle Digital Media, the on demand and theatrical distribution division of Byron Allen’s global media company Entertainment Studios has secured U.S. distribution rights f...

NEW WORK

SHEBA Brand Launches “The Cats That Rule The World”

By Reel Chicago Nov 20, 2020 0 Comment

The Sheba brand is launching a three-part documentary series that explores the power cats have over people and their deep connections to their human counterparts.&nbs...

Behind The Scenes

Sarofsky talks details on doc series, ‘A Mystery to Me’

By Reel Chicago Nov 17, 2020 0 Comment

The filmmakers behind A Mystery to Me, a new documentary series that aims to raise awareness of the rare neuromuscular disease myasthenia gravis (MG), give details on their inn...

FILM

Transgender doc ‘Born to Be’ opens in Chicago 11.20

By Reel Chicago Nov 12, 2020 0 Comment

Born to Be follows the work of Dr. Jess Ting, a plastic surgeon at the groundbreaking Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York City-where, for t...

Chicago at the Crossroad a message of hope on WTTW

By Reel Chicago Nov 9, 2020 0 Comment

Chicago at the Crossroad, a documentary film by Chicago’s Emmy-winning producer Brian Schodorf, will air on WTTW-Chicago Thursday, November 12 @ 8pm CT and Sunday, November 1...

Behind The Scenes

‘City So Real’ Chicago’s problems are America’s problems

By Molly Given Nov 2, 2020 0 Comment

Molly Given, of the Philly Metro interviews Chicago filmmaker Steve James about his latest film, 'City so Real' Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Steve James' (Hoop Dreams, ...

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Kartemquin announces leadership change

By Colin Costello Sep 3, 2020 0 Comment

Kartemquin Films has announced that current Executive Director Jolene Pinder will be leaving the organization as of October 1. According to the production company, Pinder, who ...

Behind The Scenes

Manuela Hung’s ‘Handpan Journey’ premieres at MFF

By Katharin Mraz Aug 26, 2020 0 Comment

Reel Chicago goes Behind the Scenes with Manuela Hung on the making of her fascinating documentary, Handpan Journey premiering at Midwest Film Festival’s Female Filmmaker Ni...

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Chicago-Made doc screens at Gene Siskel Film Center

By Reel Chicago Jul 31, 2020 0 Comment

The Gene Siskel Film Center will host virtual screenings of the new locally-produced documentary “Seasons of Change on Henry’s Farm” beginning Friday, August 14. Set ...

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Nelson Algren documentary premieres on WTTW

By Reel Chicago Jul 17, 2020 0 Comment

Montrose Pictures has announced that Algren, the feature length documentary about the award-winning writer, Nelson Algren, will premiere on WTTW, Chicago's PBS station, this ...

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Chicago’s Mauro wraps production on ‘I Have a Name’

By Reel Chicago Jul 13, 2020 0 Comment

Chicago writer-director Lucia Mauro has completed post-production on I Have a Name, a one-hour documentary co-produced by Jacqueline C. Hayes – founder & president emerit...

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Chicago filmmakers treat us to Vanlife at its Lowest & Best

By Reel Chicago Jun 12, 2020 0 Comment

Chicago filmmakers, Andrew Morgan and co-director Nick Nummerdor set out to make a film about the reclusive, and enigmatic American automotive subculture known as “vanning.�...

Netflix to release Michelle Obama doc ‘Becoming’

By Reel Chicago Apr 28, 2020 0 Comment

Becoming. If you enjoyed the intimacy of former first lady, Michelle Obama's autobiography, then good news. Netflix has announced the documentary portrait of Michelle Obama ti...

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Behind the Scenes: documentary filmmaker Robert Hanna

By Noah Kadner - AbelCine Apr 19, 2020 0 Comment

Noah Kadner, Editor-in-chief at AbelCine goes Behind the Scenes with filmmaker Robert Hanna. Cinematographer Robert Hanna is an Emmy-award winning, veteran commerical, and d...

SPOTLIGHT

Kartemquin’s Gordon Quinn recovering from coronavirus

By Barbara Roche Apr 12, 2020 0 Comment

At a time when the coronavirus case numbers continue to climb, we are happy to pass along the encouraging news that Kartemquin's co-founder, Gordon Quinn continues to improve. ...