News for May 2008

In the Family an "official selection" at Milan

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin is thrilled to announce that its latest documentary feature,In the Family, has been accepted at the Milan International Film Festival in April. (continued …)

The New Americans and Students for Human Rights

May 2, 2008
Segments of Kartemquin's 2004 mini-series, The New Americans, will screen Wednesday night, February 27th at the University of Chicago, as a part of "Displacement Week." The screening, presented by Students for Human Rights, is free and open to the (continued …)

In the Family and the Oscars

May 2, 2008
Cynthia Wade, who filmed many scenes for In the Family, is now an Oscar winner! The entire In the Family team congratulates Cynthia and Freeheld, winner of the 2008 Oscar for best Documentary Short. (continued …)

Vote for Hoop Dreams

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Hoop Dreams was recently listed on The Center for American Progress' list of the "Top 25 Progressive Films" of all time on their website as a part of their Reel Progress initiative. They are currently polling for the most progressive (continued …)

The New Americans and Globalization

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Steve James will be at Washington State University's College of Education next week for their 4th Annual Globalization, Diversity and Education Conference. He will be screening and discussing Kartemquin's 2004 film, The New Americans. (continued …)

Kartemquin Associate on HBO

May 2, 2008
The camerawork of long time Kartemquin Associate, Judy Hoffman, will be featured on Tuesday February 26th, when The Gates airs on HBO at 9pm. Judy was the additional cinematographer on this feature doc, directed by Antonio Ferrera and Albert Maysles (continued …)

Kartemquin's debut film available again

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's founding film, Home for Life, is now available on DVD. The DVD features a restored print of the film and several extras including an interview with the filmmakers and deleted scenes. The release has generated some great press- read (continued …)

In the Family Sneak Preview a huge success

May 2, 2008
Last night, the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago was packed with an enthusiastic audience for a sneak preview of Kartemquin's most recent release, In the Family. Opening remarks were delivered by Christie Hefner from the Playboy Foundation and (continued …)

Terra Incognita reviewed

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's stem cell doc, Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita, was recently reviewed by Educational Media Reviews Online- an organization that provides film reviews to school libraries and media centers. Read the review. (continued …)

Kartemquin's Board - in print

May 2, 2008
Pat Aufderheide, Director of the Center for Social Media at American University, and one of Kartemquin's Board members recently published a new book, "Documentary Film: A very short introduction," with Oxford University Press. Read some of the press (continued …)

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