AFTER FOUR YEARS IN PRODUCTION and 100 hours of footage, director Ryan Ferguson and producer Azam Ahmed are in post-production on the feature documentary Skate or Die.
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Documentary films are where the action is these days. As features become chiefly high-concept driven comic book cartoons, the doc genre is where human stories can be told.
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Events uptempo during the second half of April (accelerated no doubt by Mars and Mercury, planets of creativity and communications going direct) also gives us a choice of more than one
The most unique value of the April 21-22 Chicago Documentary Summit “is bringing together a wide variety of experts to discuss a wide variety of topics relating to documentary
In a first-ever event of its kind, writer/director Bob Hercules’ documentary Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance will be simulcast to more than 40 theaters on
A GUESSTIMATED 135 INDIVIDUALS went home with golden Emmy statuettes last Sunday, Nov. 6, at the 53rd annual Emmy Awards, the winners in more than 60 broadcast categories. About 30
IN OUR EFFORTS to expand coverage of more and different aspects of our vibrant and multi-faceted industry, the Reel will bring you news about Chicago theatre, with stories by the
MANY HOLLYWOOD AND LOCAL EXPERTS will lead seminars and panels May 7 during the Sundance Institute’s ShortsLab:Chicago at Columbia College, showing how filmmakers can show and promote their work, either
Joe Swanbert has a role in pseudonymous Bernard and Bichard Shumanski’s locally-shot “tender sexploitation flick,” “Blackmail Boys.” TLA Releasing picked it up for theatrical distribution. It’s scheduled to open this
In celebration of Media Process Group’s 25th anniversary, a retrospective of company’s award-winning and always provocative documentaries were screened at the Gene Siskel Film Center recently, an event MPG’s founder
Kartemquin Films will become the first documentary company to receive the Newberry Library’s 25-year-old Altgeld Freedom of Speech Award at a ceremony July 31.
“Kartemquin has
Media Process Group is producing the Chicago Urban League’s new 13-week, half-hour entrepreneurship TV series “nextTV,” which airs Sundays on two local TV channels.
The show, hosted
Kartemquin Films, the 41-year old social documentary collective, has reestablished a board of directors as it proceeds with a multi-year leadership succession.
Board chair is
While Hollywood features command the headlines, and low-budget indie films often slip under the radar, documentaries continue to be a long-form staple that show no sign of abating as this
KARTEMQUIN’S DOCUMENTARY-IN-PROGRESS about stem cell research was one of only two American docs out of 41 international films invited to pitch at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
In just three years, the Chicago International Documentary Festival has grown into one of the nation’s premiere showcases for nonfiction film, boasting 110 films selected from a pool of 1,738
Chuck Olin never expected to win an Emmy for his “Marc Chagall in Chicago” documentary. “He was thrilled when he won,” said his longtime friend Tom
A new independent feature, “PS,” starring Laura Linney and written and directed by Dylan Kidd, kicks off the Oct. 21-24 IFP/Chicago Independent Filmmakers Conference
Drawing on a rich tradition of bluntness and iconoclasm, Chicago is home to a wealth of documentarians, from TV powerhouses like Towers and Kurtis Productions to national theatrical and TV
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Two independent movies will have their Chicago premiere at IFP/Chicago’s 12th annual Independent Filmmakers Conference Oct. 31-Nov. 1
