About

Kareem Tabsch is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker who believes in the power of film to enrich and change lives.  His filmmaking focuses on documenting the oft-ignored parts of society, that which isn't always conventionally beautiful, widely accepted, or deemed normal.

As a documentary filmmaker, Kareem's works have been official selections of Sundance, SXSW, True/False, Full Frame, HotDocs, Slamdance, AFI Docs, DocNYC, Rooftop Films,  and LA Film Fest. His work has garnered the attention of The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NPR, Comedy Central, Vice, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Miami Herald, Cosmopolitan, Jezebel, and Bravo.  In 2020, Tabsch's film Mucho Mucho Amor was named one of the 20 essential Latino Films by The New York Times. It was nominated for Emmy, GLADD, Critics Choice, and Galeca Awards and won the Imagen Award for Best Documentary and the Best Latinx Film by the National Association of Latino Independent Producers. It was released by Netflix.

Tabsch is a recipient of the 2020 South Florida Cultural Consortium fellowship. In 2019 he was named a '40 under 40' Documentary filmmaker by DocNYC, America's largest documentary film festival and in 2015 he was the recipient of the Knight Arts Champion award presented by the Knight Foundation. The Miami Herald recognized him in 2014 as one of '20 under 40’ leaders making an impact in Miami.

Kareem is also the co-founder of O Cinema, Miami's premier art house cinema, heralded as helping reshape the cities film community and the host of MovieTime, seen every Saturday night on South Florida PBS.

Rush Limbaugh once said his work was contributing to the decay of American Society.