February 2007

Kartemquin’s stem cell doc, Terra Incognita, was one of 20 selected for funding out of over 300 submitted projects this round. The funds from the Sundance Institute Documentary fund will go toward completing post-production on the film, which will be released later this year. View the full Sundance press release here.

Check out the coverage of this award in Variety and Screen Magazine.

Tune in Tuesday, February 13th at 9am to WBEZ, Chicago’s Public Radio station 91.5, to hear filmmaker Joanna Rudnick interviewed on local current affairs program Eight-Forty-Eight about her film, In the Family. If you miss it, listen online.

Joanna Rudnick was profiled on the local NBC 10 o’clock news on Monday, February 13th. The story focused on Joanna’s personal story and the production of In the Family.

A letter to the Editor on "Torture in Art" from Kartemquin's Jerry Blumenthal to "The Nation" was published in the February 12th edition of the magazine. Click here to read the letter.

On Friday, February 23rd, Kartemquin’s Director of Communications Justine Nagan traveled to Madison to participate in the University of Wisconsin’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Undergraduate Colloquium on Professional Practices in Journalism and Strategic Communications. She spoke to a class of Journalism undergraduates about her background and experience in the industry.

In the Family has recently launched a website designed by Dizzy Giant. Come visit us here.

Milking the Rhino Producer/Director David E. Simpson and Associate Producer Xan Aranda have just returned from San Francisco, where they finalized licensing contract negotiations with the Independent Television Service. This contract includes significant levels of funding which will aid the Rhino crew in finishing its goals for this feature-length film.

Milking the Rhino’s exploration of the triumphs and pitfalls of community-based conservation continues, with plans for a third and final trip to Africa this summer. The director and crew venture back to Namibia and Kenya to follow up with Maasai and Himba communities, torrential rain in East Africa now in place of devastating drought, and the continually unpredictable landscape of conservation, rural development, and poverty reduction.

A “bridge between producers and public television”, the Independent Television Service (ITVS) - subsidized by the Corporation For Public Broadcasting - provides film funding, feedback during production and a comprehensive public television launch including marketing, publicity, station relations and outreach support.