Description
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 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.
About the Author
Patricia 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.
Reviews
"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 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780520401655
Author Patricia Aufderheide
Format Hardback
Page Count 360
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 680g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm
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.
About the Author
Patricia 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.
Reviews
"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 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780520401655
Author Patricia Aufderheide
Format Hardback
Page Count 360
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 680g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm
