News for September 2006

Kartemquin in Moderation

September 18, 2006
Kartemquin Director of Communications Justine Nagan recently introduced and moderated a discussion with documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick at an Illinois Humanities Council screening of Dick’s latest film, This Film is Not Yet Rated. The August 31st (continued …)

Kartemquin’s Peter Gilbert on Turner Classic Movies

September 18, 2006
Beginning tonight at 7pm and 10pm, There’s No Place Like Home a short film Peter made with Susanne Suffredin will be on Turner Classic Movies. It is an eight minute piece about Peter’s mother’s state of mind and her love of old movies. It will be (continued …)

Milking the Rhino receives grant from the Illinois Arts Council

September 18, 2006
The Illinois Arts Council has awarded Kartemquin Educational Films a grant of $14,270.00 from State funds for support of the feature length documentary: Milking the Rhino...and Other Tales of Community Conservation. Each Kartemquin project employs (continued …)

Milking the Rhino Work-In-Progress DVD is complete

September 18, 2006
A new DVD which contains 88 minutes of rough-cut material is now finished. The disk is comprised of 11 stand-alone scenes from Namibia and Kenya as well as a short demo for the film. Director David E. Simpson edited the material with assistance from (continued …)

Milking the Rhino holds successful fundraiser in Santa Fe

September 18, 2006
On Sunday, May 21, 2006 a fundraiser for Milking the Rhino...and Other Tales of Community Conservation was held at Gabriel’s Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Thirty-two artists from the USA, Europe, Canada, Australia, Africa, and the island of (continued …)

Milking the Rhino crew returns from Africa

September 18, 2006
After a successful production trip to Namibia and Kenya, Milking the Rhino...and Other Tales of Community Conservation is now three-quarters of the way to being "in-the-can." 67 hours of HighDef footage (Panasonic Varicam, 16×) was shot by cameraman (continued …)

Judge Joanna

September 5, 2006
Joanna Rudnick recently participated as a judge for the 2006 Third Coast Audio Music Festival at WBEZ in Chicago. For more information on Third Coast. More information (continued …)