Kartemquin Films Movies
- 2014
Life Itself
Life Itself7.52014HD
The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling...
- 1994
Hoop Dreams
Hoop Dreams7.6251994HD
Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High...
- 2018
Minding the Gap
Minding the Gap7.72018HD
Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations...
- 2011
The Interrupters
The Interrupters6.82011HD
The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters — former gang members who try to protect their Chicago...
- 2017
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail6.82017HD
The incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by...
- 2022
A Compassionate Spy
A Compassionate Spy6.62022HD
Physicist Ted Hall is recruited to join the Manhattan Project as a teenager and goes to Los Alamos with no idea what he'll be working on. When he...
- 2017
Edith+Eddie
Edith+Eddie7.32017HD
Edith and Eddie, ages 96 and 95, are America's oldest interracial newlyweds. Their unusual and idyllic love story is threatened by a family feud that...
- 2010
No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson72010HD
Director Steve James returns to his home town of Hampton, Virginia to tell the story of how the trial of a young basketball star left a city divided.
- 2002
Stevie
Stevie6.92002HD
In 1995 Director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) returned to rural Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy he had been an...
- 2020
Finding Yingying
Finding Yingying82020HD
Yingying Zhang, a 26-year-old Chinese student, comes to the U.S. to study. In her detailed and beautiful diaries, the aspiring young scientist and...
- 2013
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
The Trials of Muhammad Ali7.12013HD
Brash boxer Cassius Clay burst into the American consciousness in the early 1960s, just ahead of the Civil Rights movement. His transformation into...
- 1968
Inquiring Nuns
Inquiring Nuns01968HD
Two nuns travel across Chicago asking people the question, "Are you happy?"
- 2013
American Arab
American Arab02013HD
Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama Alshaibi shares his own story of experiencing racism in post-9/11 America. Showcasing the diversity of Arabs living in...
- 1968
Thumbs Down
Thumbs Down51968HD
In this cinema-verite documentary, a teenage youth group called Thumbs Down decides "to bring Christ to their neighborhood" by holding an anti-war...
- 2021
Wuhan Wuhan
Wuhan Wuhan62021HD
In a time when the world needs greater cross-cultural understanding, WUHAN WUHAN is an invaluable depiction of a metropolis joining together to...
- 2020
Represent
Represent02020HD
In the heart of the American Midwest, three women take on entrenched political systems in their fight to reshape local politics on their own terms.
- 2023
The First Step
The First Step02023HD
Van Jones navigates increasingly tense and isolating political and racial divides in his attempt to become a “bridge builder” during the...
- 2008
In the Family
In the Family82008HD
At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with...
- 2010
Typeface
Typeface72010HD
The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, WI personifies cultural preservation, rural re-birth and the lineage of American graphic design. At...
- 2017
Raising Bertie
Raising Bertie92017HD
Raising Bertie is a longitudinal documentary feature following three young African American boys over the course of six years as they grow into...