Kartemquin Films Movie Trailers
Most Popular Kartemquin Films Trailers
Total trailers found: 65
Finding Yingying Trailer (2020)
13 March 2020
Yingying Zhang, a 26-year-old Chinese student, comes to the U.S. to study. In her detailed and beautiful diaries, the aspiring young scientist and teacher is full of optimism, hoping to also be married and a mother someday.
Edith+Eddie Trailer (2017)
02 March 2017
Edith and Eddie, ages 96 and 95, are America's oldest interracial newlyweds. Their unusual and idyllic love story is threatened by a family feud that triggers a devastating abuse of the legal guardianship system.
No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson Trailer (2010)
13 April 2010
Director Steve James returns to his home town of Hampton, Virginia to tell the story of how the trial of a young basketball star left a city divided.
Wuhan Wuhan Trailer (2021)
06 May 2021
In a time when the world needs greater cross-cultural understanding, WUHAN WUHAN is an invaluable depiction of a metropolis joining together to overcome a crisis.
Typeface Trailer (2010)
29 January 2010
The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, WI personifies cultural preservation, rural re-birth and the lineage of American graphic design.
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code Trailer (2019)
12 July 2019
Filmmaker Judith Helfand's searing investigation into the politics of “disaster” – by way of the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave, in which 739 residents perished (mostly Black and living in the city’s poorest neighborhoods).
Story & Pictures By Trailer (2023)
07 October 2023
Takes audiences behind the scenes of the new golden age of children’s picture books —a time when all children can see characters who look like them on the page; a time when creators come from diverse communities and backgrounds; and a time when instead of keeping the hard stuff out of stories for children, we put it in and provide context and counternarrative.
A Compassionate Spy Trailer (2022)
31 August 2022
Physicist Ted Hall is recruited to join the Manhattan Project as a teenager and goes to Los Alamos with no idea what he'll be working on.
For the Left Hand Trailer (2021)
31 July 2021
At age 10, aspiring pianist Norman Malone is paralyzed on his right side after being attacked by his father.
The First Step Trailer (2023)
17 February 2023
Van Jones navigates increasingly tense and isolating political and racial divides in his attempt to become a “bridge builder” during the Trump administration.
Terra Incognita: Mapping Stem Cell Research Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
This documentary follows the journey of neurologist Dr. Jack Kessler, who was inspired to apply stem cell research to find a cure for spinal cord injuries after his daughter Allison was paralyzed in a skiing accident.
Hoop Dreams Trailer (1994)
12 September 1994
Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St.
Raising Bertie Trailer (2017)
09 June 2017
Raising Bertie is a longitudinal documentary feature following three young African American boys over the course of six years as they grow into adulthood in Bertie County, a rural African American-led community in Eastern North Carolina.
Represent Trailer (2020)
14 August 2020
In the heart of the American Midwest, three women take on entrenched political systems in their fight to reshape local politics on their own terms.
Life Itself Trailer (2014)
04 July 2014
The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling bachelor and Pulitzer Prize winner, his famously contentious partnership with Gene Siskel, his life-altering marriage, and his brave and transcendent battle with cancer.
In the Family Trailer (2008)
01 October 2008
At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer.
Barbara Forever Trailer (2026)
04 September 2026
An archive-driven exploration of the life, work, and legacy of iconic, pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer.
Golub Trailer (1988)
05 October 1988
Leon Golub's massive canvasses depict scenes most of us would prefer not to see - mercenary killings, torture, and death squads.
'63 Boycott Trailer (2016)
06 November 2016
On October 22, 1963, more than 250,000 students boycotted the Chicago Public Schools to protest racial segregation.
Winnie Wright, Age 11 Trailer (1974)
01 January 1974
Winnie, the daughter of a steel worker and a teacher, lives in Gage Park, a Chicago neighborhood that is changing from white to black.
Grassroots Chicago Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
A documentary about neighborhood people creating change. Produced for the MacArthur Foundation by Kartemquin Films, this piece features six vignettes on community organizing in different Chicago neighborhoods: LeClaire Courts, Marquette Park, Roseland, Pilsen, Uptown, Rogers Park and Garfield Park.
City of Trees Trailer (2015)
25 October 2015
During the Great Recession, joblessness exceeds 20 percent east of the Anacostia River in Washington, DC.
As Goes Janesville Trailer (2012)
16 May 2012
A documentary of Janesville trying to recover from the closing of the GM automobile plant, in the midst of very divisive and historic political infighting between Republican's and Democrats in the state of Wisconsin.
Minding the Gap Trailer (2018)
17 August 2018
Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
Anonymous Artists of America Trailer (1970)
01 January 1970
While touring the U.S. in a brightly painted school bus, the psychedelic rock collective Anonymous Artists of America stops to hold a performance at an alma mater, the University of Chicago.
HSA Hospital Strike '75 Trailer (1975)
01 January 1975
A union of interns and residents at Chicago's only public hospital are forced to strike for better patient care.
Viva la Causa Trailer (1974)
01 January 1974
Not just a colorful record of the making of a mural in Chicago's Pilsen community led by Ray Patlán, this film traces the mural movement of the mid-1970's back to murals in Mexico.
Parents Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
A parish youth group in a lower middle-class Chicago neighborhood discusses parental authority, what growing up means and the difficulties of communicating with their parents.
What the Fuck are These Red Squares? Trailer (1970)
20 March 1970
Striking students meet at a "Revolutionary Seminar" at the Art Institute of Chicago in response to the invasion of Cambodia and the killing of protesting students at Kent and Jackson State Universities.
Where's I. W. Abel? Trailer (1975)
01 January 1975
Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the film documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.
U.E. Wells Trailer (1979)
01 January 1979
U.E. Wells follows an organizing drive by the United Electrical Workers Union at the Wells Foundry in Chicago.
Freedom Hill Trailer (2022)
07 April 2022
Princeville, NC is the first town incorporated by freed, formerly enslaved Africans in America. This historical significance sits on a precipice: It is gradually being washed away.
Thumbs Down Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
In this cinema-verite documentary, a teenage youth group called Thumbs Down decides "to bring Christ to their neighborhood" by holding an anti-war Mass at their conservative Chicago parish.
Now We Live on Clifton Trailer (1974)
01 January 1974
Now We Live on Clifton follows 10 year old Pam Taylor and her 12 year old brother Scott around their multiracial West Lincoln Park neighborhood.
In the Game Trailer (2015)
09 July 2015
Through the stories of a Hispanic girls soccer team at Kelly High School in Chicago, IN THE GAME illustrates the enormous challenges facing inner-city girls in their quest for higher education and, most importantly, success in life.
Prisoner of Her Past Trailer (2010)
12 February 2010
Sonia Reich- who survived the Holocaust as a child by running and hiding, suddenly believes that she is being hunted again, 60 years later.
The Interrupters Trailer (2011)
29 July 2011
The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters — former gang members who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once caused.
Almost There Trailer (2015)
27 February 2015
A coming-of-(old)-age story about Peter Anton, an elderly "outsider" artist living in isolated and crippling conditions whose world changes when two filmmakers discover his work and storied past.
Stevie Trailer (2003)
11 April 2003
In 1995 Director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) returned to rural Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy he had been an 'Advocate Big Brother' to ten years earlier.
Inquiring Nuns Trailer (1968)
01 November 1968
Two nuns travel across Chicago asking people the question, "Are you happy?"
American Arab Trailer (2013)
22 November 2013
Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama Alshaibi shares his own story of experiencing racism in post-9/11 America.
Holding Liat Trailer (2025)
12 September 2025
Liat Atzili was kidnapped from her kibbutz on October 7. What begins as a chronicle of her parents, sister, and children's efforts to secure her return, becomes a portrait of conflicting impulses towards anger, indifference, and compassion straining the bonds of one grieving family.
Saving Mes Aynak Trailer (2014)
21 November 2014
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.
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Trailer (2017)
06 January 2017
The incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York.
A Good Man Trailer (2011)
20 April 2011
A Good Man follows acclaimed director/choreographer Bill T. Jones for two tumultuous years, as he tackles the most ambitious work of his career, an original dance-theater piece in honor of Abraham Lincoln's Bicentennial.
The Trials of Muhammad Ali Trailer (2013)
23 August 2013
Brash boxer Cassius Clay burst into the American consciousness in the early 1960s, just ahead of the Civil Rights movement.
Eating Up Easter Trailer (2019)
02 August 2019
The Rapanui community on Easter Island fights to prevent an environmental collapse due to overwhelming tourism and industrial progress, and to preserve their cultural traditions.
Traces of Home Trailer (2025)
14 November 2025
Delving into the past and not shying away from the dug-up pain, a young filmmaker speaks to her Mexican mother and Palestinian father about their trying journeys into the United States.
The Dilemma of Desire Trailer (2020)
28 May 2020
The Dilemma of Desire explores the work of four women who are shattering myths and lies that women are being told about their sexual desire and their bodies.
Unbroken Glass Trailer (2017)
13 February 2017
Unbroken Glass is a documentary about filmmaker Dinesh Sabu's journey to understand his parents, who died 20 years ago when he was six years old.
Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
The work and times of American artist, Leon Golub from 1985 to his death in 2004, taking us from images of interrogations and torture to the ironies and dark humor of old-age.
Tony & Janina's American Wedding Trailer (2010)
10 October 2010
This film follows a Polish American family through the red tape of the current U.S. immigration system, telling the untold human rights story of post-9/11, that every undocumented immigrant in America faces today.
Hum 255 Trailer (1969)
01 January 1969
In 1968, striking students at the University of Chicago occupied an administration building. A year later, two expelled young women were asked by their former classmates to talk about the experience as a class project.
My Omaha Trailer (2025)
23 February 2025
After graduating from journalism school, Nick Beaulieu returns to his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska to document its surging racial justice movement while seeking to reconnect with his staunchly pro-Trump father Randy - a task made more urgent when Randy is unexpectedly diagnosed with stage-4 cancer.
Women's Voices: The Gender Gap Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
Filmmaker Jenny Rohrer explores the growing difference in voting patterns between men and women.
Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
In 1981-2, the Kartemquin filmmakers returned to the Taylor Chain plant to show labor and management working together against the odds, trying to save the plant from becoming the latest victim of anti-union legislation and the globalization of cheap, exploitable labor.
Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local Trailer (1980)
01 January 1980
During a 7-week strike at a small Indiana chain factory in 1973-74, volatile union meetings and tension-filled interactions on the picket line provide an inside view of the tensions and conflicts inherent to labor negotiations.
Marco Trailer (1970)
01 January 1970
When the wife of one of the filmmakers decides to give birth without pain medication using the Lamaze method of childbirth - and coached by her own husband - she is confronted with disbelief, superstition and downright hostility.
The Homestretch Trailer (2014)
19 June 2014
Three homeless teenagers brave Chicago winters, the pressures of high school, and life alone on the streets to build a brighter future.
Bike Vessel Trailer (2023)
14 October 2023
Pulled pork, ribs, and liverwurst sandwiches — these are a few of the Southern delicacies filmmaker Eric D.
