News for May 2008

Chicago premiere sells out

May 17, 2008
Kartemquin's At the Death House Door played to a sold-out crowd Saturday night at the Gene Siskel Film Center. A lively discussion followed the screening. If you missed the premiere, you can still get tickets for showings during the week. (continued …)

Social-issue media and Kartemquin

May 17, 2008
Kartemquin's Gordon Quinn and Justine Nagan participated Saturday in Northwestern University's first-annual social-issue media symposium. Gordon held a master class for 10 students on documentary filmmaking and Justine spoke on a panel about (continued …)

Kartemquin in the classroom

May 17, 2008
Kartemquin's Jim Morrissette and Julie Englander met with 7th and 8th grade video students at the Eli Whitney/LVCDC Community School in Little Village on Thursday, where they screened clips from Now We Live on Clifton, The New Americans, and a few (continued …)

Kartemquin in the press

May 17, 2008
There's a flurry of press activity this morning in anticipation of the At the Death House Door Chicago premiere tomorrow. Read reviews in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times. Listen to an interview with the filmmakers on WBEZ's Eight Forty (continued …)

Kartemquin's foundation funding referenced

May 17, 2008
Kartemquin's Steve James was quoted in an article today in the Philanthrophy News Digest about the ever-changing documentary funding landscape. Kartemquin has strived to build strong relationships with foundations over time to help support (continued …)

Get your tickets now for Saturday!

May 17, 2008
Get your tickets now while they're still available for the Chicago premiere of At the Death House Door this Saturday! The film opens downtown at 8pm at the Siskel Film Center. If you can't make it for the premiere, the award-winning doc will (continued …)

In the Family sneak preview a big success

May 17, 2008
The Northwestern Memorial Foundation hosted a sneak preview of In the Family for friends of the organization last night at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago. The crowd participated in a panel discussion with filmmaker Joanna Rudnick and experts (continued …)

At the Death House Door community screening

May 17, 2008
If you can't make the Chicago premiere of At the Death House Door during its run at the Siskel, you have another chance! Kartemquin Films, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Illinois, the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern (continued …)

At the Death House Door heads to Baltimore

May 17, 2008
Get your tickets now for the Baltimore premiere of At the Death House Door at the Maryland Film Festival, May 2nd. The film will screen again at the festival on May 4th. (continued …)

Catch At the Death House Door in Boston tonight

May 17, 2008
Come to the New England premiere of At the Death House Door at the Independent Film Festival in Boston today and tomorrow. Get tickets. (continued …)

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