Grantee Profile
Kartemquin Educational Films
Grants to Kartemquin Educational Films
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$75,000Active Strategy
2010 (Inactive Grant)
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — In support of a documentary film,"American Arab" .
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$200,000Active Strategy
2010 (Inactive Grant)
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — To produce"The Interrupters" , a documentary film about breaking the cycle of violence in urban America.
The MacArthur Foundation awarded Kartemquin Educational Films $275,000 between 2010 and 2013.
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