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Kartemquin Films is a 501(c)3 non-profit production company located in Chicago, Illinois that produces a wide range of documentary films. It is the documentary filmmaking home of acclaimed producers such as Gordon Quinn (A Good Man), Steve James (Hoop Dreams), Maria Finitzo (Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita), Joanna Rudnick (In the Family), Bill Siegel (The Trials of Muhammad Ali), and Aaron Wickenden (Almost There). The organization was founded in 1966 by Gordon Quinn, Jerry Temaner and Stan Karter, three University of Chicago graduates who wanted to make documentary films guided by their principle of "Cinematic Social Inquiry." They were soon joined by Jerry Blumenthal, who remained an integral part of the organization until he died on November 13, 2014. Gordon Quinn remained Executive Director through late 2008 when he transitioned to Artistic Director, and Justine Nagan was named Executive Director. In 2015, Gordon Quinn was announced as the International Documentary Association's Career Achievement Award recipient for his contributions to documentary filmmaking on over 50 films, and his services to the field through advocacy around fair use and public media.〔http://www.documentary.org/awards2015〕 ==History== Kartemquin's first film in 1966, ''Home for Life''—a chronicle of two elderly people entering a home for the aged—established the direction the organization would take over the next four decades. Kartemquin evolved into a film collective producing films such as ''The Chicago Maternity Center Story'' and the ''Taylor Chain'' films. They continued releasing social-issue documentaries (''The Last Pullman Car'', ''Golub'') largely for public television and the educational market into the 1990s. Kartemquin's best known film, ''Hoop Dreams'', won several major critics prizes and journalism awards in 1995 and was named on over 150 “ten best” lists. Filmmakers Steve James, Peter Gilbert and Fred Marx examined the complex role basketball plays in the lives of two inner-city high school players. After receiving the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, Hoop Dreams was released theatrically by Fine Line Features and became the highest grossing documentary at that time and one of highest-rated documentaries broadcast on PBS. Since Hoop Dreams, Kartemquin has continued producing films that examine and critique society by following the stories of real people. ''At the Death House Door'' premiered at SXSW, and went on to win awards at Full Frame and other festivals. Their documentary, ''Terra Incognita: Mapping Stem Cell Research", follows Dr. Jack Kessler of Northwestern University in his search for a cure for spinal cord injuries using embryonic stem cells. Other notable documentaries have included: ''The New Americans'', a seven-hour miniseries for PBS that follows immigrant families from five different countries; ''Stevie''; ''Refrigerator Mothers''; ''5 Girls''; and ''Vietnam, Long Time Coming''. In 2007, Kartemquin Films received the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.〔MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions: 2007 http://www.macfound.org/maceirecipients/33/〕 In 2009, Kartemquin's Executive Director Justine Nagan directed the film ''Typeface''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kartemquin Films」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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