Kartemquin Films

Filmmaker Bing Liu searches for correlations between his skateboarder friends' turbulent upbringings and the complexities of modern masculinity.

A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.

The life and career of the renowned film critic and social commentator, Roger Ebert.

A year in the life of a city grappling with urban violence.

A small financial institution called Abacus becomes the only company criminally indicted in the wake of the United States' 2008 mortgage crisis.

In 1995, director Steve James (of 'Hoop Dreams') returned to rural Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy to whom he had been an "Advocate Big Brother" ten years earlier.

The legal battles of the great American boxer against being conscripted into the US military during the Vietnam War.

Saving Mes Aynak follows Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori as he races against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in Afghanistan from imminent demolition. A Chinese state-owned mining company is closing in on the an...

The incredible story of Manhattan Project scientist Ted Hall, who shared classified nuclear secrets with Russia.

After a young Chinese student goes missing on an American university campus, her family travels to the U.S. for the first time, hoping to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.

Explores the work of four women who are shattering myths and lies that women are being told about their sexual desire and their bodies.

On Easter Island, the most isolated community in the Pacific uses lessons learned from their past to solve environmental and social challenges brought on by booming tourism and rapid development.

Usama Alshaibi, an Iraqi-American filmmaker, confronts the issues on identity and perception toward Arab-Americans in today's society. Alshaibi conveys to the audience that Arab-Americans should not be put into one, big, identical...

Norman Malone, survivor of devastating childhood trauma, surmounts barriers to fulfill his love of music. Heartwarming tale of talent and passion, channeled for his survival and shared with students via public school choir coaching.