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WTTW to broadcast Vietnam: Long Time Coming in honor of Veterans Day, #KTQ50

November 2, 2016 11:14 am

WTTW, Chicago's premier public television station, will broadcast Kartemquin's 1998 Vietnam, Long Time Coming at 3PM on Sunday November 13, in honor of Veterans Day and Kartemquin's 50th anniversary.

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WTTW to broadcast In the Game for America Reframed and #KTQ50

October 5, 2016 11:55 am

WTTW, Chicago's premier public television station, will broadcast Kartemquin's 2015 In the Game at 9PM on Thursday October 6, as part of a year-long series honoring our 50th Anniversary. Encore broadcasts will also happen on Friday October 7, at 3PM, and again at 3AM on Tuesday October 11.

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#KTQ50: Watch The Trials of Muhammad Ali for free this week

September 16, 2016 1:41 pm

From today until Friday, September 23rd, the free KTQ50 film is the Emmy Award-winning The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013).

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Saturday, September 17, 2016 2:00 pm

Chicago Cultural Center

78 E. Washington Ave.

Chicago, IL

The Chicago Cultural Center will host a screening of In the Game on September 17th at 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Following the screening there will be a panel discussion with panelists to be determined. For more information visit The Cultural Center's website at http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_culturalcenter.html.

#KTQ50: Watch Milking the Rhino for free all week

July 29, 2016 2:46 pm

Director David Simpson shows several villagers footage in the back of his Jeep.

From today until Friday, August 5th, the free KTQ50 film is Milking the Rhino (2008).

"A common theme in Kartemquin docs is that making a living is a political matter. Simpson skillfully adapts that perspective to rural Africa, where investing in wildlife links the Masai and others to the new globalism." — Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times

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KTQ50 Gallery Talks are Back!

July 18, 2016 5:42 pm

From July 20th several members of the Kartemquin community will be speaking at the exhibition Kartemquin at 50: Democracy through Documentary. The Exhibition is open daily, is free to all, and will run until August 20th, and is located at Expo 72 ( 72 E. Randolph St.)

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Tuesday, September 27, 2016 7:30 pm

ArcLight Hollywood

6360 Sunset Blvd

Los Angeles, CA

The International Documentary Association celebrates Kartemquin at 50 with the UCLA Film & Television Archive on opening night of the Getting Real 2016 documentary film conference (September 27-29) in Los Angeles. For more information about the IDA's Getting Real conference, go to: http://www.documentary.org/gettingreal16/schedule Kartemquin Co-Founder Gordon Quinn and Stevie director Steve James will be in attendance at the screening.

Monday, September 26, 2016 7:30 pm

Billy Wilder Theater

10899 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA

The Interrupters screens as part of a Kartemquin 50th Anniversary retrospective co-presented by UCLA Film & Television Archive and the International Documentary Association, September 16-26 at the Billy Wilder Theater in the Westwood area of Los Angeles. Director Steve James and Kartemquin Co-Founder Gordon Quinn will attend the screening. Tickets are now on sale at: https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2016/kartemquin-films-at-50. Visit the link for a full description of the 15-film retrospective.

Sunday, September 25, 2016 7:00 pm

Billy Wilder Theater

10899 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA

Inquiring Nuns & Golub screen as part of a Kartemquin 50th Anniversary retrospective co-presented by UCLA Film & Television Archive and the International Documentary Association, September 16-26 at the Billy Wilder Theater in the Westwood area of Los Angeles. Kartemquin Co-Founder Gordon Quinn will be present at screening. Tickets are now on sale at: https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2016/kartemquin-films-at-50. Visit the link for a full description of the 15-film retrospective.

Friday, September 23, 2016 7:30 pm

Billy Wilder Theater

10899 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA

Taylor Chain I, Taylor Chain II, & The Last Pullman Car screen as part of a Kartemquin 50th Anniversary retrospective co-presented by UCLA Film & Television Archive and the International Documentary Association, September 16-26 at the Billy Wilder Theater in the Westwood area of Los Angeles. Tickets are now on sale at: https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2016/kartemquin-films-at-50. Visit the link for a full description of the 15-film retrospective.

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