September 2006

The Illinois Arts Council has awarded Kartemquin Educational Films a grant of $14,270.00 from State funds for support of the feature length documentary: Milking the Rhino…and Other Tales of Community Conservation. Each Kartemquin project employs and hopes to inspire a variety of Illinois artists. Our films succeed because of the collaborative efforts of local directors, writers, cinematographers, editors, musicians, graphic designers and many talented others. Milking the Rhino is no exception. This grant is part of the larger picture of IAC support for Kartemquin projects over the years. In the case of Milking the Rhino, this financial support will help to offset the costs of high definition video post-production during our 2007 fiscal year.

Kartemquin Director of Communications Justine Nagan recently introduced and moderated a discussion with documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick at an Illinois Humanities Council screening of Dick’s latest film, This Film is Not Yet Rated. The August 31st event kicked-off the film’s Chicago run at the Landmark Century Cinema. Gordon Quinn helped host a luncheon for the filmmaker earlier in the day.

Beginning tonight at 7pm and 10pm, There’s No Place Like Home a short film Peter made with Susanne Suffredin will be on Turner Classic Movies. It is an eight minute piece about Peter’s mother’s state of mind and her love of old movies. It will be aired throughout the month on TCM. You can also watch the film and an interview with Peter on www.hermes.com

Gordon traveled to Paris in June to speak at the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue conference on “New Relationships Between Creative Communities and Consumers”. He gave a presentation on the issue of fair use in documentaries. You can listen to his speech and get more information here.

Howard Reich will appear on WTTW - Channel 11’s “Friday Night with John Callawayâ at 7:30 pm on Friday, September 29th to discuss his recent book about his mother as well as Kartemquin’s forthcoming film on the same subject, Prisoner of Her Past.