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 includes the following titles:
From the 1950's through the 1970's, autism was widely blamed on cold and rejecting mothers. This film explores the devastating impact of this misdiagnosis through the stories of seven mothers and their children.
Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori races against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site from imminent demolition.
The gritty realities of a seven-week strike at a small Indiana chain factory during 1973-74.
A return 10 years later to the Taylor Chain plant to show labor and management working together against the odds.
The struggle to keep the Chicago Maternity Center open after 75 years.
Three homeless teens in Chicago fight to stay in school, graduate, and build a future.
In 1981, Pullman workers found themselves in the midst of a fight not only for their jobs but the future of the American rail car industry.
A teenage youth group decides "to bring Christ to their neighborhood" by holding an anti-war Mass at their conservative Chicago parish.
Gang members, Vietnam vets, and young factory workers talk about their personal experience with racism - who gets hurt and who profits.
The record of an organizing drive by the United Electrical Workers Union at the Wells Foundry in Chicago.
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