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OverviewHow 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 last seventy years. Patricia Aufderheide reveals the untold story of how Kartemquin developed as an institution that confronts the brutal realities of the industry and society while empowering people to claim their right to democracy. Kartemquin filmmakers, inspired by pragmatic philosopher John Dewey, made their studio a Chicago-area institution. Activists for a more public media, they boldly confronted in their own productions the realities of gender, race, and class. They negotiated the harsh terms and demands of commercial media, from 16mm through the streaming era, while holding fast to their democratic vision. Drawing on archival research, interviews, and personal experience, Aufderheide tells an inspiring story of how to make media that matters in a cynical world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Patricia AufderheidePublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780520401655ISBN 10: 0520401654 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 10 September 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsContents List of Figures 1. Kartemquin Films: A Shared Story 2. How Kartemquin Thinks 3. Cinematic Social Inquiry, 1962–1970 4. Feminist Voices and Revolutionary Cinema,1970–1978 5. Confronting Neoliberalism with Workers’ and Women’s Stories, 1978–1985 6. Kartemquin in the Filmmaker Public: Making Not Just Media but the Media Landscape 7. Filmmakers Become Artists, Art Becomes Experience, and Hoop Dreams Changes Everything, 1985–1995 8. Making Broadcast and Cable Stories with Integrity, 1995–2008 9. Becoming a Media Arts Organization, 2008–2022 10. Crisis to Crisis 11. Documentary for Democracy? Acknowledgments Appendix: Interviews Notes Further Reading Filmography IndexReviews"""Historical background on the political developments documented in Kartemquin’s Films sheds light on the New Left’s waning after the 1960s, and Aufderheide offers edifying insight into Kartemquin’s intellectual underpinnings."" * Publishers Weekly *" """Historical background on the political developments documented in Kartemquin’s Films sheds light on the New Left’s waning after the 1960s, and Aufderheide offers edifying insight into Kartemquin’s intellectual underpinnings. . . . Documentary buffs will want to seek this out."" * Publishers Weekly *" Author InformationPatricia Aufderheide is University Professor of Communication Studies at American University in Washington, D.C. An award-winning scholar and journalist, she is also author of, among other books, Documentary Film: A Very Short Introduction. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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