The True/False Film Festival will host two screenings of The Interrupters this weekend (details here). Producer Alex Kotlowitz is already in Columbia, Missouri for the festival, and has been making appearances on local radio and television. Continued

The Interrupters will screen twice at the 2011 Cleveland International Film Festival, with dates announced today for April 1st at 3:50pm and April 2nd at 8pm. For full information, visit the festival website. Member tickets go on sale March 4th. Cleveland Film Festival previously showcased The Interrupters director Steve James' last Kartemquin film, 2010's No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson. Continued

The SXSW Film Festival yesterday announced that The Interrupters will be one of the "festival favorites" screenings at this year's festival, with a special one-off screening set for March 16th at 12:30pm. Continued

Kartemquin is happy to announce that The Interrupters came first in an IndieWIRE poll asking "What buzz-heavy 2011 Sundance film are you most excited to see?" Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz's documentary about violence prevention secured 36.2% of the votes. We would like to say thanks to all who voted and supported the film by posting on Facebook and Twitter! We hope to get the film out to your communities very soon, and will be announcing a number of upcoming festival appearances in the next few weeks. Continued

Australian fans of Kartemquin filmmaker Steve James will have an amazing chance to immerse themselves in his work on March 3rd. Steve James will be at the 2011 Adelaide Film Festival, where he will not only introduce the international premiere of the Sundance smash hit The Interrupters, but also attend a rare - and free - screening of the classic Hoop Dreams right afterward. Directly before this epic double bill, Steve will be in conversation with acclaimed filmmaker Peter Wintonick (Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media) as part of the 2011 Australian International Documentary Conference. Here's a schedule for the full day, with links to tickets and more information: Continued

WTTW, Chicago's premier public television station, will broadcast a year-long series of Kartemquin's award-winning documentaries as part of our 45th anniversary celebration. The series will include the television premieres of three films: PRISONER OF HER PAST, about late-onset PTSD; THE iNTERRUPTERS, about former Chicago gang members who now stop violence; and the “American Masters” premiere of A GOOD MAN, a profile of the controversial Kennedy-award-winning choreographer Bill T. Jones as he creates a new performance on Abraham Lincoln for the Ravinia Festival. Continued

Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz flew home from the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, the last to leave from Park City of our 40+ entourage of The Interrupters crew, Kartemquin staff members, Ceasefire violence interrupters and their families. All of them can look back on a festival which was a great success for the film and for Kartemquin. Continued

The Interrupters had two extremely successful public screenings at Sundance this past weekend, with the violence interrupters and the film's crew receiving standing ovations from the sold out crowds. With two more screenings this weekend, many of the people associated with the film are still in Park City, but we will soon have some videos and pictures from their trip to share with you (we also already posted some great green room pictures and a radio interview on the film's Facebook page). Also, check out the new website for the film - containing four new clips. In the meantime, read some of the great reviews the film has received at Sundance, from both critics and viewers on the web and Twitter: Continued

The sold out world premiere of The Interrupters is tonight at 9pm at the Sundance Film Festival. With an entourage of 43 people in Park City for the screening - Kartemquin staff members, the film's crew members, and the interrupters and their families - it promises to be a very memorable occasion. For all those of you who can't attend, here's FOUR NEW CLIPS from the film to whet your appetite. Continued