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Kartemquin Films

Chicago, IL, United States

Kartemquin Films is a collaborative community - empowering documentary makers who create stories that have consequences in the world and foster a more engaged and just society. The organization and its films have maintained a vision for democracy through documentary for the past 54 years.

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Grant history

Year awarded: 2022
Period: 1 year
Amount awarded: $150,000
Purpose: General Operating Support

Year awarded: 2021
Period: 1 year
Amount awarded: $200,000
Purpose: General Operating Support

Year awarded: 2020
Period: 1 year
Amount awarded: $15,750
Purpose: Documentary – THE DILEMMA OF DESIRE
Notes: Maria Finitizo's film, "Dilemma of Desire", is deeply connected to the social issues that are at the core of gender equality. The way women are viewed sexually in the world cannot be separated from the way they are treated. True equality will come only when we all arrive at a place of understanding and acknowledgement that all women are sexual beings, entitled to live their lives fully within the expression of their desire.

Year awarded: 2019
Period: 1 year
Amount awarded: $150,000
Purpose: General Operating Support

Year awarded: 2019
Period: 1 year
Amount awarded: $52,250
Purpose: Documentary – THE DILEMMA OF DESIRE
Notes: Maria Finitizo's film, "Dilemma of Desire", is deeply connected to the social issues that are at the core of gender equality. The way women are viewed sexually in the world cannot be separated from the way they are treated. True equality will come only when we all arrive at a place of understanding and acknowledgement that all women are sexual beings, entitled to live their lives fully within the expression of their desire.

Year awarded: 2018
Period: 1 year
Amount awarded: $150,000
Purpose: KTQ Archives, Artistic Fellowship, and Expansion of Filmmaker Development Programs

Year awarded: 2018
Period: 1 year
Amount awarded: $42,000
Purpose: Documentary – THE DILEMMA OF DESIRE
Notes: Maria Finitizo's film, "Dilemma of Desire", is deeply connected to the social issues that are at the core of gender equality. The way women are viewed sexually in the world cannot be separated from the way they are treated. True equality will come only when we all arrive at a place of understanding and acknowledgement that all women are sexual beings, entitled to live their lives fully within the expression of their desire.