News for May 2008

Quinn in the classroom

May 2, 2008
Last night, Kartemquin Executive Director Gordon Quinn visited Margie Nicholson's graduate seminar on arts, entertainment and media management at Columbia College to talk about arts policy issues and Fair Use in documentary. (continued …)

Kartemquin across the midwest

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Justine Nagan traveled to Plymouth, MN on Thursday to speak to two classes at Robbinsdale Armstrong High School about her career in documentary film making. The ninth and tenth grade AVID students participated as a part of their english (continued …)

In the Family advocates for policy change

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Joanna Rudnick has shared her story for the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance (OCNA) Campaign to help pass the Biomarker Bill in congress. Her BRCA story forms the core of Kartemquin's recent doc, In the Family. (continued …)

In the Family P.O.V. national broadcast announced

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's In the Family will air nationally on PBS's award-winning series, P.O.V. on October 7th during breast cancer awareness month. Details to come! (continued …)

Save the date- Chicago premiere of At the Death House Door

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's recent festival hit, At the Death House Door, will have its Chicago premiere at the Gene Siskel Film Center on Saturday night May 10th. Filmmakers Steve James and Peter Gilbert will be in attendance. (continued …)

Hoop Dreams top Basketball film

May 2, 2008
Hoop Dreams tied with Hoosiers for #1 placement on a recent MSN list of the top Basketball films of all time.Check out the list. (continued …)

Inquiring Nuns on WGN

May 2, 2008
Tune in Friday morning to the WGN morning news at 7:45am in Chicago, to see an interview with Kartemquin's Gordon Quinn and former Inquiring Nun Kathleen Westling, as well as clips from the 1968 Kartemquin Film, Inquiring Nuns. The documentary was (continued …)

Local Stevie screening a huge success

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Stevie screened to an enthusiastic crowd of over 150 people yesterday at the Lake Theatre in Oak Park, IL as part of a two-year mental health initiative going on in the community. A lively discussion followed the screening. (continued …)

At the Death House Door plays Canada

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin is excited to announce that At the Death House Door will be screening atHot Docs, Canada's premiere documentary festival. Get tickets for April 23rd or April 24th. (continued …)

Northwestern University at Kartemquin

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Gordon Quinn and Justine Nagan hosted a graduate class in Ethnographic documentary from Northwestern University earlier this afternoon. The class, led by professor Hamid Naficy, discussed Kartemquin's history and watched clips from a (continued …)

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