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Carlos De Luna case back in the news

May 15, 2012

Fans of our Oscar-shortlisted 2008 documentary At The Death House Door will never forget the case of Carlos De Luna, the wrongly-executed man at the center of the film's study of the death penalty. The case is back in the news again this week thanks to Los Tacayos Carlos, a comprehensive new book and online report from Columbia Law School, which picks up where our film left off in arguing that De Luna was innocent.
 

KTQ Labs is SOLD OUT

May 15, 2012

We are pleased to report that tonight's inaugural KTQ Labs Spring Showcase at the Gene Siskel Film Center is now SOLD OUT!

We look forward to sharing some great films and conversation with all ticketholders, who are invited to join us from 7pm for a food and drink reception (empanadas for the bite-sized chunks of documentary!), before the films begin at 8pm. Thanks in advance to everyone who has supported this event.

If you're attending - or even if you aren't - don't forget to follow the twitter conversation about the event via #KTQLabs.

Rachel Pikelny on KTQ Labs, Louis Farrakhan's First-Ever On-Camera Discussion of "The Greatest"

May 14, 2012

KTQ Labs Spring Showcase is coming to the Siskel Center tomorrow, May 15th at 7 pm.  Four works-in-progress by Kartemquin filmmakers will be screened,  including The Trials of Muhammad Ali by Bill Siegel.

Producer Rachel Pikelny sat down recently to discuss the film's unexpected interview coup: Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrahkhan's first-ever on-camera interview about Muhammad Ali.

(Video produced and edited by Spring '12 interns Katie Prentiss and Ryan Gleeson)

As Goes Janesville demo is major news

May 11, 2012

The documentary story of the day is also the political story of the day. A scene in Brad Lichtenstein and Nicole Docta’s As Goes Janesville has been making waves across the media since it was released Thursday evening, as part of a longer demo for the soon to be completed film.

Close Encounters of the Finitzo Kind at KTQ Labs Spring Showcase!

May 11, 2012

In case you haven't heard, KTQ Labs Spring Showcase is coming to the Siskel Center this Tuesday, May 15th at 7 pm.  Four works-in-progress by Kartemquin filmmakers will be screened, including Encounters with the Other, a film by director/producer and Kartemquin mainstay Maria Finitzo and editor extraordinaire Liz Kaar.

Dinesh Sabu on KTQ Spring Showcase

May 11, 2012

Drop on by our KTQ Labs Spring Showcase next Tuesday, May 15th at 7 pm to view four works-in-progress by Kartemquin filmmakers - among them, Dinesh Sabu's "intensely personal" Unbroken Glass.

Typeface premieres in New York City on May 14th

May 10, 2012

In its long-awaited New York City debut, Kartemquin’s Typeface will be screening on May 14th from 1 to 3 PM as a part of the Parsons New School of Design Festival 2012. The screening will be a followed by a panel discussion with director (and Kartemquin executive director) Justine Nagan, Repeat Press' Mike Dacey, Chris Piascik, and Nancy Laboz of Parcel. The Festival runs from May 1st through May 20th and features primarily cutting-edge student work in various media. Typeface examines the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, and the broader social context behind the advance of artistic technology.

Indies Celebrate PBS Programming Change

May 10, 2012

Thanks to the 1200+ fans and filmmakers who joined our cause to support independent documentary film programming, PBS announced yesterday it would move Independent Lens and POV to Monday night, PBS' highest-rated evening.

The long-awaited change would not have been possible without the groundswell of support from our fans and allies like PBS veteran Bill Moyers and the International Documentary Association.

“We really feel that we had an effect,” Gordon Quinn told the New York Times' Decoder media blog.

"Interrupt Violence" Hits Tribeca Film Festival

May 10, 2012

Last month, The Interrupters' interactive team — including Steve James, Anton Seals, and Andrew Suprenant — attended the 11th Tribeca Film Festival. Here's an update from Andrew:

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Happy Mondays! PBS announces new night for documentary strands

May 9, 2012

Kartemquin is delighted that PBS today announced a new regular spot on their schedule - Mondays at 10pm - for documentary strands Independent Lens and POV.

This move is the culmination of months of negotiation between PBS and the programs after they were moved away from their regular Tuesday night timeslots and subsequently lost a large amount of viewers. In response, Kartemquin and other independent documentary filmmakers mounted the PBS Needs Indies campaign to signal our concern over the fate of documentary programming on PBS.

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