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Film

Home for Life

Directed by	Gerald Temaner Gordon Quinn
Produced by	Gerald Temaner Gordon Quinn
Distributed by	Kartemquin Films
Running time	80 min

Home for Life, the founding documentary of Kartemquin Films released in 1967, depicts the experiences of two elderly people in their first month at a home for the aged. One is a woman whose struggle to remain useful in her son and daughter-in-law's home is no longer appreciated. The other is a widower, without a family, who suddenly realizes he can no longer take care of himself. The film offers an unblinking look at the feelings of the two new residents in their encounters with other residents, medical staff, social workers, psychiatrists and family.

Winning the Chicago Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, as well as being an Official Selection at both the New York Film Festival and Edinburgh Film Festival, Kartemquin recently restored Home for Life and made their landmark film available to own on DVD.

References

Ellis, Jack C.; McLane, Betsy A. (2005). A New History of Documentary Film. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 249. ISBN 0-8264-1750-7.
"Filming for Change." Levie, Rebecca. Chicago Life Magazine. 2 Dec. 2007. Retrieved 26 Jan. 2011.

External links

Official website at Kartemquin Films
Home for Life at IMDb

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Documentaries	Home for Life (1967) Inquiring Nuns (1968) The Chicago Maternity Center Story (1976) The Last Pullman Car (1983) Taylor Chain (1980 & 1984) Hoop Dreams (1994) Vietnam, Long Time Coming (1998) Golub (1998) 5 Girls (2001) Stevie (2002) Refrigerator Mothers (2003) The New Americans (2004) Terra Incognita: The Perils and Promise of Stem Cell Research (2007) At the Death House Door (2008) In the Family (2008) Milking the Rhino (2009) Typeface (2009) Prisoner of Her Past (2010) No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson (2010) A Good Man (2011) The Interrupters (2011) As Goes Janesville (2012) The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013) American Arab (2013) The Homestretch (2014) Life Itself (2014) Almost There (2014) The School Project (2014) On Beauty (2014) Saving Mes Aynak (2014) In the Game (2015) Hard Earned (2015) Raising Bertie (2016) Unbroken Glass (2016) Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2016) Stranded by the State (2016) Edith+Eddie (2017) All the Queen's Horses (2017) Keep Talking (2017) '63 Boycott (2017) Minding the Gap (2018) America to Me (2018) Eating up Easter (2018) Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2018) Loyalty: Stories (2018)
See also	Gordon Quinn Steve James Peter Gilbert

Kartemquin Films

Documentaries

Home for Life (1967)
Inquiring Nuns (1968)
The Chicago Maternity Center Story (1976)
The Last Pullman Car (1983)
Taylor Chain (1980 & 1984)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Vietnam, Long Time Coming (1998)
Golub (1998)
5 Girls (2001)
Stevie (2002)
Refrigerator Mothers (2003)
The New Americans (2004)
Terra Incognita: The Perils and Promise of Stem Cell Research (2007)
At the Death House Door (2008)
In the Family (2008)
Milking the Rhino (2009)
Typeface (2009)
Prisoner of Her Past (2010)
No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson (2010)
A Good Man (2011)
The Interrupters (2011)
As Goes Janesville (2012)
The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013)
American Arab (2013)
The Homestretch (2014)
Life Itself (2014)
Almost There (2014)
The School Project (2014)
On Beauty (2014)
Saving Mes Aynak (2014)
In the Game (2015)
Hard Earned (2015)
Raising Bertie (2016)
Unbroken Glass (2016)
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2016)
Stranded by the State (2016)
Edith+Eddie (2017)
All the Queen's Horses (2017)
Keep Talking (2017)
'63 Boycott (2017)
Minding the Gap (2018)
America to Me (2018)
Eating up Easter (2018)
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2018)
Loyalty: Stories (2018)

See also

References

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