 After the dissolution of the collective, co-founders Gordon Quinn and Jerry Blumenthal (who died in late 2014) pushed the organization to its current model, producing high quality works that still had a political edge and mentoring a new generation of young documentary makers.They continued releasing social-issue documentaries ("The Last Pullman Car", "Golub") largely for public television and the educational market into the 1990s.Kartemquin's best known film, the Oscar-nominated "Hoop Dreams", won several major critics prizes and journalism awards in 1995 and was named on over 150 "ten best" lists.