Prisoner of Her Past at the Pritzker
March 18, 2008
Howard Reich will discuss his mother's story and screen clips from Kartemquin's documentary in progress, Prisoner of Her Past at the Pritzker Military Library on March 31st. The interview and live webcast start at 6:00pm. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are strongly recommended by phone, 312-587-0234, or email, events@pritzkermilitarylibrary.net.
Prisoner of Her Past Benefit a huge success
January 29, 2008
This winter Prisoner of Her Past raised nearly $80,000 in individual donations as a result of a screening and benefit generously underwritten by Sage Foundation. The event, hosted by WTTW's John Callaway, featured new footage from the documentary, a photography exhibit from the film by the Tribune's Zbigniew Bzdak, and a discussion between youth-trauma expert Dr. Joy Osofsky and producers Howard Reich and Gordon Quinn. The Prisoner of Her Past team is extremely grateful to all of the amazing donors who contributed to the success of the event.
Indiewire covers "Prisoner of Her Past"
December 13, 2007
Indiewire's latest production report includes Kartemquin's work-in-progress, Prisoner of Her Past. Read the story.
Join us at Steppenwolf for a documentary discussion
May 08, 2007
Kartemquin is excited to invite you to a discussion with Howard Reich and John Callaway about Kartemquin's documentary in progress, Prisoner of Her Past, Sunday, May 20th at 5:30pm in Steppenwolf's Upstairs Theatre. The event will include footage from the film and a reception with refreshments. View the details on how to RSVP here (pdf).
Prisoner of Her Past in the news
April 11, 2007
Kartemquin's Jerry Blumenthal was recently interviewed by The BG news during a visit to the Bowling Green campus earlier this month. He speaks eloquently about his history with Kartemquin and about his current project, editing Prisoner of Her Past. Read the article here
Tune in this Friday!
September 27, 2006
Howard Reich will appear on WTTW - Channel 11’s “Friday Night with John Callaway” 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.
Big Kartemquin Weekend!
November 11, 2005
The University of Chicago's Kartemquin Retrospective culminates this weekend with a screening of Golub: Late Works are the Catastrophes this evening at the Gene Siskel Film Center at 8pm, a Master Class with Gordon Quinn and Jerry Blumenthal tomorrow morning, Saturday the 12th, at 10am and a panel on Documentary at 1:30 following. Saturday's events take place on campus. You can get more information here.
This Sunday the 13th, Kartemquin has two presentations at the Chicago Humanities Festival. At noon, "Revisiting The New Americans" with filmmakers Jerry Blumenthal, Steve James and Gordon Quinn, takes place at Depaul University. At 2:30, Gordon and Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune meet with John Callaway to screen a sample from our current production, Prisoner of Her Past and discuss the production at the Merle Reskin Theatre. More information on both events can be found here.
Kartemquin events at this year's Chicago Humanities Festival announced
September 06, 2005
Kartemquin Films will be involved with two events at the 2005 Chicago Humanities Festival.
Sunday November 13th - Noon
KARTEMQUIN FILMS: Revisiting The New Americans
The New Americans tracks four years in the lives of a diverse group of contemporary immigrants and refugees as they journey to start new lives in America. A 40-minute excerpt of the award-winning film is followed by discussion with the filmmakers Gordon Quinn, Steve James, and Jerry Blumenthal. More information/tickets
Sunday November 13th - 2:30pm
HOWARD REICH, GORDON QUINN: Prisoner of Her Past
Gordon Quinn of Kartemquin Films and Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune present excerpts of their documentary-in-progress, Prisoner of Her Past. The film will trace Reich's attempt to uncover his mother's tragic Holocaust childhood in order to understand why she is reliving it, 60 years later. Quinn and Reich discuss the film with John D. Callaway. More information/tickets
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