- Uncovering 'Hoop Dreams' Tie-Ins
'Hoop Dreams' is a tasteful exception to the branded merchandise of Hollywood movies.
- The Stories Documentary Archives Tell
Sometimes the coolest film discoveries lurk in dusty cardboard filing boxes.
- Doc Memo: Film Uncovers Competitive Tickling World, the 10 SFFS Doc Fund Finalists
POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
- Regional Filmmakers With an International Footprint: 50 Years of Kartemquin Films
Kartemquin Films co-founder Gordon Quinn shares the key to the Chicago production company's longevity.
- Exhibit Highlights 50 years of Kartemquin Films History
Is the personal political? Kartemquin Films retrospective engages visitors on this crucial question.
- Doc Memo: Core Ethical Values in Documentary, Summer Camp for Filmmakers
POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
- Doc Memo: An Honest Look at Kartemquin Films, Recap on VR at Hot Docs 2016
POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
- Doc Memo: Flashback Friday of Palme d'Or Winners, Art Exhibit Celebrates Kartemquin
POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
- Doc Memo: 10 + 10: Documentaries of Impact and Photography
POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
- Constructing Conversations about Race in 'Trick Bag'
How Kartemquin Films' 1974 short 'Trick Bag' illuminated the intersectionalities of race and class.
- The Challenges of Getting and Staying 'In the Game'
In the Game makes an important contribution to girls' sports documentary with its balanced approach to representing a team and life.
- POV Hackathon 9: Explore the Prototypes and the Technology
Four teams 're-invented the documentary' at POV's latest weekend laboratory of nonfiction storytelling and technology at the Chicago Innovation Exchange in Chicago!
- POV Hackathon Chicago – August 15-16, 2015 – Apply by July 10
POV is now accepting applications for POV Hackathon 9 (Chicago - August 15-16, 2015). Apply by July 10, 2015.
- 'Hard Earned' Shows the Challenges of Making a Living and a Life
An upcoming documentary series from Kartemquin Films tells stories about people working to make a living and working to make a life following the economic recession.
- Watching Kartemquin Films
Kartemquin Films has a strong Chicago connection, and many of its documentaries are about the city and its people in some way.
- In Memory of Kartemquin Films Co-Founder Jerry Blumenthal
Kartemquin Films founding member Jerry Blumenthal passed away in November. From POV's archive, watch an interview with Jerry Blumenthal and his POV documentary, Golub, which we are now streaming free.
- #365Docs: Life Itself (11/365)
I'm watching 365 documentaries and writing about each one in 2014. Tweet your suggestions to @documentarysite.
- #365Docs: A Place Called Pluto (10/365)
I'm watching 365 documentaries and writing about each one in 2014. Tweet your suggestions to @documentarysite.