Gordon Quinn

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.

Greener Pastures captures the day-to-day lives of four small, Midwestern, multigenerational family farms over the course of three years. Through an intimate, observational lens, we examine various farm stressors, policies, and politics that farmers must maneuver to survive, connecting the dots between mental health, industrialization, food production, and climate change. It is a story of perseverance, patience, and determination that tackles nothing less than the future of farming in America.

At age 10, aspiring pianist Norman Malone is paralyzed on his right side after being attacked by his father. Over the next several decades he masters the left-hand repertoire in secret, before a chance discovery of his talent leads him towards making his concert debut. Aged 78, he will perform the greatest work in the canon: Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

In this program, director Bing Liu, executive producer Gordon Quinn, and producer Diane Quon discuss the conception of Minding the Gap and its evolution. The program features separated interviews that were conducted in 2020.

두 명의 '블랙 라이브즈' 퀴어 운동가 자나에, 벨라가 시카고 경찰에 의해 살해된 두 젊은 흑인 레키아 보이드와 라쿠안 맥도널드에 대한 정의를 찾으려 하는 과정을 담았다. 그들의 목표는 이에 연루된 시 행정부와 로리 라이트풋이 이끄는 경찰 위원회에 진보적인 형사 사법 플랫폼을 제안하고 여성의 지도력을 높이는 것이다.​ (2021년 제23회 서울국제여성영화제) 는 '블랙 라이브스 매터(Black Lives Matter)' 운동에서 흑인 여성 퀴어 운동이 지닌 중요성을 드러낸다. 흑인 여성 퀴어 운동은 인종차별 반대 운동 안에서 남성 중심적인 위계와도 싸우면서 BLM의 문제의식이 다양한 정체성 및 소수자 정치로 확장되는 흐름에 있어 중요한 역할을 한다. 이 투쟁의 시간은 두 젊은 여성 자네이와 벨라를 중심으로 기록된다. 흑인-여성-퀴어로서의 경험은 경찰과 감옥으로 유지되는 지배적인 체제의 치안이 소수자 시민의 안전은커녕 그들에 대한 사회적 차별과 억압을 공고하게 만드는 장치임을 체득하도록 해 왔다. 래퍼 벨라는 투쟁의 시간을 담은 시를 읊고, 자네이는 학위 논문을 통해 차별이 중첩된 사회 구조 및 정책에 관해 비판한다. 두 여성들은 거리에서는 함께 분노하고, 각각 예술과 학문에 몸담고 있는 자신의 일을 갈고 닦는 데 고군분투한다. 이 여성들의 기록은 가족, 이웃, 단체, 동료 등과 보내는 공동체의 시간을 포함한다. 이 소수자 공동체 속에서 여성들은 자발적으로 서로를 보호하는 힘을 억압하는 사회 체제에 대한 비판적인 태도를 벼려 간다. 이들은 공동체의 건강을 해치면서 위로부터 시민을 통제하는 경찰과 감옥에 대항한다. 이 여성들은 흑인-여성-퀴어 공동체의 목소리로 “우리가 경찰이다”라고 외치면서 도시 공동체의 서로 보호하는 역량을 되찾는 운동을 거침없이 당당하게 이어간다. (2021년 제23회 서울국제여성영화제 /채희숙)

미국 중서부 지역 공직에 출마한는 세 여성의 이야기. 미시간주 디트로이트 민주당 시장 후보 흑인 마이야 존스. 일리노이주 에번스턴 공화당 하원의원 후보 한국계 미국인 줄리 조. 오하이오주 그랑빌 민주당 타운십의원 후보 브린 버드. 그들은 각자 방식대로 긍정적인 변화를 추구하기 위해 출마했고, 영화는 그들의 선거 운동을 고스란히 담았다.

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. Within weeks of her arrival, Yingying disappears from the campus. Through exclusive access to Yingying’s family and boyfriend, Finding Yingying closely follows their journey as they search to unravel the mystery of her disappearance and seek justice for their daughter while navigating a strange, foreign country. But most of all, Finding Yingying is the story of who Yingying was: a talented young woman loved by her family and friends.

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).

수십 년에 걸친 불황에 심한 타격을 받아 사양화된 공업지대에서 태어나 자란 세 친구의 이야기를 담고 있다. 리우빙은 자신의 이야기와 함께 스케이트 보드를 즐겨 탔던 친구들이 고향으로부터 도망쳐야만 했던 이유를 영상으로 기록한다. 스물세 살 아빠가 되어 양육 문제를 놓고 항상 여자 친구와 티격태격하는 잭. 그리고 어렵게 첫 직장을 얻으면서 인종적인 갈등 그리고 고인이 된 아버지에 대한 원망과 그리움을 표출하는 키이라. 그리고 어렸을 적부터 어머니와 갈등을 겪었던 리우빙 자신의 이야기가 진솔하게 펼쳐진다.

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. Through the intimate portrayal of these boys, this powerful vérité film offers a rare in-depth look at the issues facing America's rural youth and the complex relationships between generational poverty, educational equity, and race. The evocative result is an experience that encourages us to recognize the value and complexity in lives all too often ignored.

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.

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.

On October 22, 1963, more than 250,000 students boycotted the Chicago Public Schools to protest racial segregation. Many marched through the city calling for the resignation of School Superintendent Benjamin Willis, who placed trailers, dubbed ‘Willis Wagons,’ on playgrounds and parking lots of overcrowded black schools rather than let them enroll in nearby white schools. Combining unseen archival 16mm footage of the march shot by Kartemquin founder Gordon Quinn with the participants’ reflections today, ’63 Boycott connects the forgotten story of one of the largest northern civil rights demonstrations to contemporary issues around race, education, school closings, and youth activism.

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. Shot over eight years, ALMOST THERE documents Anton's first major exhibition and how the controversy it generates forces him to leave his childhood home. Each layer revealed reflects on the intersections of social norms, elder care, and artistic expression.

영화 평론가인 로저 에버트의 자서전을 바탕으로 제작되는 다큐멘터리로 마틴 스콜세지 감독이 제작을 맡는다.

한 때 암흑의 세계에 몸 담았던 세 사람이 현재는 시카고에서 폭력을 몰아내기 위해 헌신하는 ‘단속반’이 되었다. 실력파 감독 스티브 제임스와 베스트셀러 작가 알렉스 코틀로위츠는 1년이 넘는 시간 동안, 끈질기게 이들을 따라다니며, ‘범죄의 도시’로 악명 높은 시카고의 현재를 세밀하게 담아내는데 성공한다. (2012년 4회 DMZ국제다큐멘터리영화제)

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.

Sonia Reich- who survived the Holocaust as a child by running and hiding, suddenly believes that she is being hunted again, 60 years later.

At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with a genetic test result that leaves her vulnerable and confused, she balances dreams of having her own children with the unnerving reality that she is risking her life by holding on to her fertility.

At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with a genetic test result that leaves her vulnerable and confused, she balances dreams of having her own children with the unnerving reality that she is risking her life by holding on to her fertility.

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.

The New Americans follows a diverse group of immigrants and refugees as they leave their home and families behind and learn what it means to be new Americans in the 21st century.

For two years, filmmaker Maria Finitzo followed five strong young women between the ages of 13 and 17. Unlike the myriad reports, books and "specials" that focus on young women as passive and powerless, 5 Girls explores the ways these girls discover the resources necessary to successfully navigate the rocky waters of adolescence. It focuses on the positive ways girls learn to adapt to challenge in their lives by understanding and exercising choices, by believing in their strength when others do not and by resisting powerful cultural messages, which urge them to be silent.

For two years, filmmaker Maria Finitzo followed five strong young women between the ages of 13 and 17. Unlike the myriad reports, books and "specials" that focus on young women as passive and powerless, 5 Girls explores the ways these girls discover the resources necessary to successfully navigate the rocky waters of adolescence. It focuses on the positive ways girls learn to adapt to challenge in their lives by understanding and exercising choices, by believing in their strength when others do not and by resisting powerful cultural messages, which urge them to be silent.

For two years, filmmaker Maria Finitzo followed five strong young women between the ages of 13 and 17. Unlike the myriad reports, books and "specials" that focus on young women as passive and powerless, 5 Girls explores the ways these girls discover the resources necessary to successfully navigate the rocky waters of adolescence. It focuses on the positive ways girls learn to adapt to challenge in their lives by understanding and exercising choices, by believing in their strength when others do not and by resisting powerful cultural messages, which urge them to be silent.

An educational companion piece to Hoop Dreams, Higher Goals features NBA star Isiah Thomas in a fast-paced, entertaining PBS special that encourages young athletes to put their dreams of professional sports in perspective and focus on getting an education.

Leon Golub's massive canvasses depict scenes most of us would prefer not to see - mercenary killings, torture, and death squads. Golub offers not simply a profile of a painter with a political conscience, but an investigation into the power of the artist to reflect our times and to change the way we think about our world.

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. A sequel to Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local.

Taylor Chain I tells the gritty realities of a seven-week strike at a small Indiana chain factory during 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. Due to a lack of funds and a fire at Kartemquin which necessitated a re-edit of the film, the film was not released until 1980. Filming then began a year later on Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining.

UE/Wells follows an organizing drive by the United Electrical Workers Union at the Wells Foundry in Chicago. The multi-ethnic work force of Polish, Arab, Jewish, Hispanic and African American men and women unite together despite the company's efforts to use race as a wedge to divide them.

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.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies, made without a vote by the membership of the union. Featuring Staughton Lynd.

Winnie, the daughter of a steel worker and a teacher, lives in Gage Park, a Chicago neighborhood that is changing from white to black. Her family struggles with racism, inflation and a threatened strike, as Winnie learns what it means to grow up white, working class, and female.

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. The kids worry that they'll be forced out of the neighborhood they grew up in by the gentrification following the expansion of DePaul University.

Disbelief, shock, hostility and superstition confronted the wife of one of the filmmakers when she decided to give birth without pain medication using the Lamaze method of childbirth. Her tale is about trusting oneself and accepting responsibility even when it means rejecting popular beliefs and establishment authority.

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. Inspired by LSD, the group once opened for the Grateful Dead and played at Ken Kesey’s infamous Acid Test Graduation. The band also featured one of the first analog synthesizers designed by Don Buchla. Kartemquin's Gordon Quinn is behind the camera, and in the audience are Jerry Temaner and his family. (Kartemquin)

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. The women confront the students about their convictions and how far they are willing to go to defend their values.

Two nuns travel across Chicago asking people the question, "Are you happy?"

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. Neither militants nor hippies, they simply believe that Christianity means social action and concern with issues. They present this belief to the community and the confrontation reveals the deepening crisis of communication between the young Christians and their parents, priest, and neighbors.

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.

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. In order to find a doctor who will respect their wishes, the parent-to-be have to make arrangements with a hospital in Wisconsin and race over the state line when the baby comes. This frank and sensitive cinema verity documentary follows the young couple as they learn about natural childbirth, discuss their plans with friends and medical staff, and experience the actual labor and birth of their fist child, Marco