The Theater Library Association just gave Patricia Aufderheide‘s recent book Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy its top award!! More info here.
Aufderheide documents 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. You know you want to add this book to your bookshelf and you can do that here.
