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Home » documentary filmmaking

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a young Black man and older white man stand in front of a wall of film awards
Posted inFilm

Kartemquin Films continues to grow

by Kat Sachs November 23, 2022November 22, 2022

About the decision to hire Amir George, Gordon Quinn explains, “We really wanted someone we felt was going to help transform us into what the next iteration of Kartemquin would be.”

Posted inBlogs

An interview with Bing Liu about his powerful documentary Minding the Gap

by Ben Sachs August 27, 2018August 18, 2021

The 29-year-old filmmaker reflects on skateboarding videos, making documentaries, and what he learned about his hometown of Rockford, Illinois, during filming.

Posted inBlogs

Check out the masterful documentary Bitter Money for an eye-opening lesson in modern Chinese economics

by Ben Sachs March 30, 2018August 18, 2021

Playing this week at Facets, the 2016 feature confirms Wang Bing’s reputation as one of the most exciting nonfiction filmmakers working today.

Posted inFilm

An epic quest to skateboard from Chicago to New York hits the screen in Shred America

by Kevin Warwick March 22, 2018August 18, 2021

Arthur Swidzinski and Mike Kosciesza planned to document their adventure, but never thought it would take ten years.

Posted inBlogs

Talking to the director of the El Chapo Guzman documentary that comes to the Patio on Friday

by Ben Sachs April 1, 2015August 18, 2021

A conversation with the prolific TV journalist-turned-filmmaker, whose film Es el Chapo? opens in Chicago on Friday.

Posted inBlogs

Documentarian Soon-Mi Yoo discusses the challenges of capturing everyday life of North Korea

by Ben Sachs March 26, 2015August 18, 2021

The South Korean-born Yoo’s Songs From the North receives its Chicago premiere tonight, with the filmmaker in attendance.

Posted inBlogs

This year’s Oscar-nominated documentary shorts confront ethical dilemmas—and raise some of their own

by Ben Sachs February 5, 2015August 18, 2021

The five nominees play in two separate programs at the Music Box Theatre tonight, with repeat screenings scheduled for the next two weekends.

Posted inBlogs

RIP Jerry Blumenthal, founding partner of Kartemquin Films

by Ben Sachs November 17, 2014August 18, 2021

The teacher and documentary filmmaker made lasting contributions to the Chicago film community.

Posted inBlogs

Local filmmaker Mitchell Lieber presents his work-in-progress Holocaust documentary Rumbula’s Echo

by Ben Sachs February 21, 2014August 18, 2021

Noting a free screening at the Cultural Center on March 23, with Lieber and Holocaust survivor Sia Hertsberg scheduled to attend

Posted inBlogs

The year in movie revivals, A through G

by Ben Sachs December 23, 2013August 19, 2021

The first in a three-part series on Chicago’s best repertory film screenings of 2013

Posted inBlogs

This weekend, disregard journalistic neutrality with the documentaries of Shohei Imamura

by Ben Sachs February 1, 2013August 18, 2021

Previewing the six-film retrospective beginning this weekend at the Gene Siskel Film Center.

Posted inBlogs

Talking truth with Fake It So Real director Robert Greene

by Ben Sachs April 24, 2012August 19, 2021

An interview with the independent documentary filmmaker

Posted inBlogs

Too much information/just enough information

by Ben Sachs April 11, 2012August 19, 2021

Distinguishing worthy documentaries from the non-films that have come in their wake

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