March 9, 2011 2:46 pm
Fresh off the back of a great weekend at the True/False Film Festival, The Interrupters opens at the Miami International Film Festival tomorrow at 7pm (with a second screening on Saturday at 3:45pm - get tickets for both here). Director Steve James will be attending. In advance of those screenings, the film was rapturously reviewed by two leading Miami publications.
March 7, 2011 2:18 pm
The Interrupters had a great weekend at True/False Film Festival in Missouri, recieving rave reviews and two standing ovations from full-house crowds in the 1200 seat Missouri Theater.
March 4, 2011 11:52 am
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.
February 23, 2011 11:27 am
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.
February 18, 2011 11:48 am
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.
February 9, 2011 1:45 pm
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?"
February 8, 2011 4:41 pm
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.
February 7, 2011 1:41 pm
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.
February 1, 2011 2:18 pm
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.
January 25, 2011 5:40 pm
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.