Los Angeles and New York might still be the film industry’s biggest hubs, but Kartemquin Films is a reminder that, with support, filmmakers can thrive in Chicago too.
“There was a high school I was in on the north side, there were less than five—probably less than three [Black teachers],” she said. “I saw a lot of peer professionals that were Black, security staff, cafeteria food service workers, but not a lot of ‘This is the science teacher in the classroom and she is Black.’”
