Kartemquin Films : documentaries on the frontlines of democracy / Patricia Aufderheide.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aufderheide, Patricia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kartemquin Films.

Documentary films--History.

Documentary films.

Independent films--History.

Independent films.

Physical Description:

x, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]

Summary:

"The evolution of Kartemquin Films--Peabody, Emmy and Sundance-awarded and Oscar-nominated makers of such hits as Hoop Dreams and Minding the Gap--is also the story of U.S. independent documentary film over the last seventy years, and of storytelling for a stronger democracy. Kartemquin filmmakers, emulating the ideals of pragmatic philosopher John Dewey, made their studio into a central Chicago-area media institution; they became national activists for more vibrant and truly public media; they boldly confronted the realities of gender, race and class as they carved out ways to make socially-engaged films in an entertainment business and innovated engagement and impact strategies. This inside look at Kartemquin's growth from the days of 16mm to the streaming era draws from interviews, scholarship and personal experience"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Kartemquin Films : a shared story

How Kartemquin thinks

Cinematic social inquiry, 1962-1970

Feminist voices and revolutionary cinema, 1970-1978

Confronting neoliberalism with workers' and women's stories, 1978-1986

Kartemquin in the filmmaker public : making not just media but the media

Filmmakers become artists, art becomes experience and Hoop Dreams

Making broadcast and cable stories with integrity, 1995-2008

Becoming a media arts organization, 2007-2022

Crisis to crisis

Documentary for democracy?

Acknowledgements

Appendix : interviews

Further Reading

Filmography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Aufderheide, Patricia. Kartemquin films

ISBN:

9780520401655

0520401654

9780520401662

0520401662

OCLC:

1426853521