Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy

by Patricia Aufderheide

How filmmaker-philosophers brought the dream of making documentaries and strengthening democracy to award-winning reality--with help from nuns, gang members, skateboarders, artists, disability activists, and more.

The evolution of Kartemquin Films--Peabody, Emmy, and Sundance-awarded and Oscar-nominated makers of such hits as Hoop Dreams and Minding the Gap--is also the story of U.S. independent documentary film over the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520401662
• ISBN13: 9780520401662
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"