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PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Hoop Dreams goes to series as Lena Waithe inks Warner Bros TV deal

By Reel Chicago Nov 15, 2021

Warner Bros TV has announced that Lena Waithe (The Chi, Master of None, Queen & Slim, Ready Player One) has inked a new deal that brings the acclaimed documentary Hoop ...

REEL MOVES

Kartemquin Films names Betsy Leonard as Executive Director

By Reel Chicago Nov 10, 2021

Kartemquin Films, the award-winning Chicago-based documentary nonprofit organization, today named Betsy Leonard as Executive Director. Leonard will begin on December 1st, overs...

PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Hulu/Kartemquin Accelerator program picks two alumni

By Reel Chicago Jul 9, 2021

Kartemquin Films announces the two projects that will participate in the second year of the Hulu/Kartemquin Accelerator: Freedom Hill by director Resita Cox and Still Searching...

AWARDS

Sarofsky & partners win Brand Film Award on doc series

By Reel Chicago Jun 8, 2021

The partners behind A Mystery to Me, an original documentary series created to raise awareness of the rare neuromuscular disease myasthenia gravis (MG), are extremely proud to ...

CHIFILMFEST

CIFF screens Chicago-made film ‘Finding Yingying’

By Reel Chicago Oct 16, 2020

Chicago made, award-winning feature documentary, Finding Yingying is screening tonight at the Chicago International Film Festival. Produced by Kartemqui...

REEL MOVES

Kartemquin announces leadership change

By Colin Costello Sep 3, 2020

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 ...

Reel Indie

HULU/Kartemquin Accelerator announce two films

By Reel Chicago May 7, 2020

Kartemquin Films announced the two projects that will participate in the first year of the Hulu/Kartemquin Accelerator: Traces of Home by director Colette Ghunim and Tres...

BREAKING NEWS

Kartemquin Films’ Quinn diagnosed with COVID-19

By Colin Costello Mar 20, 2020

There are now 134 reported new cases of Coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 422, with at least four deaths. This according to the Chicago Tribune. Unfortunately, among...