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.

"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."

• ContentsList of Figures 1. Kartemquin Films: A Shared Story 2. How Kartemquin Thinks 3. Cinematic Social Inquiry, 1962–1970 4. Feminist Voices and Revolutionary Cinema,1970–1978 5. Confronting Neoliberalism with Workers’ and Women’s Stories, 1978–1985 6. Kartemquin in the Filmmaker Public: Making Not Just Media but the Media Landscape 7. Filmmakers Become Artists, Art Becomes Experience, and Hoop Dreams Changes Everything, 1985–1995 8. Making Broadcast and Cable Stories with Integrity, 1995–2008 9. Becoming a Media Arts Organization, 2008–2022 10. Crisis to Crisis 11. Documentary for Democracy? Acknowledgments Appendix: Interviews Notes Further Reading Filmography Index

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.

"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."

• ContentsList of Figures 1. Kartemquin Films: A Shared Story 2. How Kartemquin Thinks 3. Cinematic Social Inquiry, 1962–1970 4. Feminist Voices and Revolutionary Cinema,1970–1978 5. Confronting Neoliberalism with Workers’ and Women’s Stories, 1978–1985 6. Kartemquin in the Filmmaker Public: Making Not Just Media but the Media Landscape 7. Filmmakers Become Artists, Art Becomes Experience, and Hoop Dreams Changes Everything, 1985–1995 8. Making Broadcast and Cable Stories with Integrity, 1995–2008 9. Becoming a Media Arts Organization, 2008–2022 10. Crisis to Crisis 11. Documentary for Democracy? Acknowledgments Appendix: Interviews Notes Further Reading Filmography Index

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.

"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."

• ContentsList of Figures 1. Kartemquin Films: A Shared Story 2. How Kartemquin Thinks 3. Cinematic Social Inquiry, 1962–1970 4. Feminist Voices and Revolutionary Cinema,1970–1978 5. Confronting Neoliberalism with Workers’ and Women’s Stories, 1978–1985 6. Kartemquin in the Filmmaker Public: Making Not Just Media but the Media Landscape 7. Filmmakers Become Artists, Art Becomes Experience, and Hoop Dreams Changes Everything, 1985–1995 8. Making Broadcast and Cable Stories with Integrity, 1995–2008 9. Becoming a Media Arts Organization, 2008–2022 10. Crisis to Crisis 11. Documentary for Democracy? Acknowledgments Appendix: Interviews Notes Further Reading Filmography Index