The Homestretch

In The Homestretch directors Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly explore the crisis of homelessness amongst adolescents enrolled in the Chicago Public Schools.

[Kartemquin Films @Kartemquin]

Voting ends this Friday for @sxsw's 2020 panel selections!

Cast your vote for #KTQ in-progress film @dilemmaofdesire's panel proposal, 'The Politics of Pleasure: Can We Come Together?' to be included at #SXSW2020.

➡️https://t.co/44tWVJpjjR

[Kartemquin Films @Kartemquin]

"Heat emergency plans are important – but in someways they're a band-aid solution. There's an ongoing public health crisis in this city."

@FenellDoremus on @wttw's Chicago Tonight. @CookedTheFilm runs through 7/25 @filmcenter: https://t.co/qWVZB1mHYM

https://t.co/Ibp1lfq4jz

[WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw]

Remembering Chicago's 1995 deadly heat wave. We discuss “Cooked: Survival by Zip Code” with @Kartemquin producer Fenell Doremus. https://t.co/7nLNrwPX9Y

[COOKED: Survival by Zip Code @CookedTheFilm]

Hear from Chicago leaders @AlmaAnaya7th, Allison Arwady of @ChiPublicHealth, Ranjani Prabhakar of @SustainChicago & moderator Alden Loury of @WBEZ on 7/20 @filmcenter for a post-screening discussion about the future of #Chicago.

https://t.co/1h0nP54TJE

#survivalbyzipcode

[Kartemquin Films @Kartemquin]

TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

Award-winning @CookedTheFilm makes its Chicago premiere in a 2-week theatrical run @filmcenter July 12-25. Filmmakers & special guests in-person at select screenings.

Dir. & prod. by @judithhelfand & prod. by @FenellDoremus.

https://t.co/qWVZB1mHYM

[Kartemquin Films @Kartemquin]

#Chicago has the largest gap in life expectancy (30 yrs) in the US across neighborhoods, w/ life expectancy in Streeterville at 90 yrs vs. Englewood's 60 yrs.

@CookedTheFilm delves into the devastating reality of zip code determinism. @filmcenter 7/12-25: https://t.co/qWVZB1mHYM

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Professional skateboarder @tonyhawk on 'Minding the Gap': "Quiet, raw and brutally honest" (guest column) https://t.co/Lo6axiCuzF

[Minding the Gap @MindingGapFilm]

Tonight in LA: @tonyhawk interviews @bingliu89 following a sold out screening.

[Barbara Duffield @DuffieldBarbara]

@doctor_not_mrs @SashaBruceYouth Awwww! The @HomestretchDoc haunts me to this day. One of the best films ever made on youth homelessness."Homeless is a situation. It's not who you are."

[Kartemquin Films @Kartemquin]

***LAST CHANCE**

Watch award-winning @63Boycott, a film 50+ years in the making. Featuring unseen 16mm footage of one of the largest northern civil rights demonstrations in history, shot by #Kartemquin co-founder @GordonQuinnKTQ

WATCH: https://t.co/MneOZ8E2vW

ABOUT THE FILM ⬇️

[Kartemquin Films @Kartemquin]

Chronicling over 50 years of the fight for racial equity in education in Chicago public schools in just 30 minutes, Oscar-contender @63Boycott is now available to stream for free for a limited time: https://t.co/MneOZ8E2vW

[Kartemquin Films @Kartemquin]

“Part cultural artifact, part sociological experiment, part American response to cinéma verité, #InquiringNuns regularly overpowers its own gag to turn in something more complex.”
- Meg Shields, @nonfics

Now playing @MovingImageNYC!
https://t.co/WkU3cdWLME

[Minding the Gap @MindingGapFilm]

"Astonishing" – @nytimes
"Mesmerizing" - @villagevoice
"Perfect" - @WSJ
"Raw & true" - @EW
"Intelligent & compassionate" - @latimes
"A tour de force" - @TheFilmStage
"Unforgettable" - @RollingStone

#MindingtheGap is now on @hulu, in theaters through @MagnoliaPics ❤️

[Gay Essential @GayEssential]

Queer Cinema History - 26 April 2014: The Homestretch premiered at Hot Docs https://t.co/5moTQQ1rhg #OnThisDay @hotdocs @HomestretchDoc

[The Homestretch @HomestretchDoc]

Kasey and Maria LIVE ABC TODAY! https://t.co/aAbgefYQvA…/homestretch-documentary-l…/3181679/

[Kartemquin Films @Kartemquin]

Unmissable panel Sun night aftr 7PM screening of @RaisingBertie. @evanFmoore, @eveewing, @mbyrnefilm & @ianrkibbe. https://t.co/lEeqCwGftK

[Gay Essential @GayEssential]

“In the end, The Homestretch is story of a broken system, not broken people.” https://t.co/5moTQQ1rhg @HomestretchDoc

[The Homestretch @HomestretchDoc]

@shimonlit @Prosser_CA @ChiPubSchools love this teacher so much! And she secretly helped us make The Homestretch. Rockstar.

[Sandra Shimon @shimonlit]

I was honored to be recognized and wish all of the amazing adults @Prosser_CA and throughout CPS could have their stories told, too! https://t.co/9PnjND8f7x