Stevie

Kartemquin's Stevie screened to an enthusiastic crowd of over 150 people yesterday at the Lake Theatre in Oak Park, IL as part of a two-year mental health initiative going on in the community. A lively discussion followed the screening.

Kartemquin's 2003 documentary, Stevie, will be the focus of a free public screening at Oak Park’s Lake Theater on Saturday, March 15, at 9:00am. Director and Oak Park resident, Steve James, will be in attendance to answer questions following the film.

This screening is being coordinated and sponsored by Family Service & Mental Health Center of Oak Park & River Forest, NAMI Metro Suburban (National Alliance on Mental Illness), The Community Mental Health Board, Town of Oak Park, and The River Forest Mental Health Committee.

Join us for a free screening of Kartemquin's award-winning documentary, Stevie, on Thursday, November 1st as a part of the Human Rights Film Series at the University of Chicago. Filmmaker Steve James will be there in person for a Q & A after the screening.

Film Studies Center

5811 S Ellis Ave Cobb Hall 306

7:00 pm

Kartemquin's film Stevie was recently featured in a Media Rights' feature on filmmaker Jennifer Fox's filmmaking influences. Read the article.

Kartemquin's Steve James has been invited to join The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This September Steve, and the 114 other 2007 inductees, will be welcomed in at an invitation-only ceremony in Los Angeles.

On November 4th, Stevie screened to members of the American Society of Criminology as a part of their annual meeting weekend. According to conference organizers, the film was extremely well received. For more information about the ASC, click here.

In late October, Stevie screened to an audience of over 200 people in Nagano. A week of screenings in Hiroshima begins today, then the film heads to Saitama. Support of the film in Japan has been great – special thanks to Momo for all her hard work getting Stevie to audiences that appreciate it!

Stevie will begin its premiere theatrical run in Japan at the “Pole-Pole Higashinakano” Theater in Tokyo, on Saturday, February 18th, 2006. Director/Producer Steve James and Producer Adam Singer will have a Q&A session following the 10:45AM, 1:40PM, 4:35PM and the 7:30PM screenings on Feb. 18th. They will also be there to answer questions after the 10:45AM and 1:40pm showings on Feb. 19th. Additionally, Hoop Dreams will show all night at the same theatre on February 18th. Stevie will run at the Pole-Pole through Friday, March 17, 2006.

Daily Screening schedule:
10:45AM/ 1:40PM/ 4:35PM/ 7:30PM

Pole-Pole Higashinakano Theater
Nakako-ku, Higashinakano 4-4-1
The building name is Pole Pole Za building BF1
Tel:03-3371-0088
The train line is JR-Sobu line, JR-Higashinakano station.

Japanese websites:
moviola.jp/stevie
 mmjp.or.jp/pole2