The Kartemquin Films Collection
Chicago-based Kartemquin Films has been a center for independent documentary filmmaking since the 1960s. This collection includes classic films from Kartemquin made in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s among other award-winning films.
The Kartemquin Films Collection collection includes the following titles:
Anonymous Artists of AmericaThe psychedelic rock collective Anonymous Artists of America holds a performance at the University of Chicago.
HSA Hospital Strike '75A document of the eighteen-day strike by interns and residents at Chicago's only public hospital.
Home For LifeThe experiences of two elderly people in their first month at a home for the aged.
Hum 255Two women, expelled a year earlier during a student strike at the University of Chicago, confront students about their convictions and how far they are willing to go to defend their values.
Inquiring Nuns - Part ITwo young nuns explore Chicago, from a supermarket to the Art Institute and in front of churches on Sunday, confronting people with the crucial question, "Are you happy?"
Inquiring Nuns - Part IITwo young nuns explore Chicago, from a supermarket to the Art Institute and in front of churches on Sunday, confronting people with the crucial question, "Are you happy?"
MarcoDisbelief, shock, hostility and superstition confronted the wife of one of the filmmakers when she decided to give birth without pain medication using the Lamaze method of childbirth.
Milking the RhinoThe promise of community-based conservation in Africa.
Now We Live on CliftonChildren talk about their fear of being forced out of their neighborhood by the gentrification.
ParentsA parish youth group in a lower middle-class Chicago neighborhood discusses parental authority, what growing up means, and the difficulties of communicating with their parents.
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