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Typeface, blogged again

June 19, 2008
Kartemquin's Typeface, is featured on Veer's "The Skinny" blog today. Read the post. Additionally, Director/Producer Justine Nagan has been invited to present scenes from the film at this year's Typecon conference in July. Meanwhile, the busy (continued …)

Kartemquin on the hill

June 18, 2008
Kartemquin's recent doc At the Death House Door is screening on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, tomorrow evening, June 19 at 6pm before a House Judiciary Subcommittee. Director/Producer Steve James will will be there to answer questions. (continued …)

Typeface receives generous donation and press coverage

June 17, 2008
Kartemquin's doc in progress, Typeface recently received a generous donation of $5,000 from Mohawk Paper for continued post-production on the film. These funds come at a critical time for the project and will allow editing to continue . The crew is (continued …)

In the Family - In these Times

June 17, 2008
Kartemquin's film In the Family was highlighted in a piece by Pat Aufderheide, discussing the impact and importance of PBS' P.O.V. in today's In these Times. Read the article Additionally, the film was covered in the Washington City Paper and the (continued …)

In the Family world premiere

June 11, 2008
In the Family will have it's world premiere at the Silverdocs festival next week! Filmmakers Joanna Rudnick, Gordon Quinn, Beth Iams and Leslie Simmer will be in attendance. Check out the film on Wednesday, June 18th at 2:15pm and then again on (continued …)

In case you missed it...

June 10, 2008
Kartemquin's At the Death House Door will be re-broadcast five times this month on the Independent Film Channel. Tune in to IFC (all CST, check local listings for details): Monday, June 16th at 8pm and midnight Tuesday, June 17th at 8:10am (continued …)

Media Activism in Minneapolis

June 9, 2008
Kartemquin's Justine Nagan attended the National Conference on Media Reform in Minneapolis this weekend on behalf of the organization. Justine joined 3,500 other media activists to discuss the direction of our national mainstream and independent (continued …)

Kartemquin and the ACLU

June 9, 2008
Kartemquin's Peter Gilbert will be participating on a panel entitled, "Rights, Camera, Action" with an impressive array of other media makers at this year's national ACLU conference. Reverend Pickett will also attend the conference and participate (continued …)

Gordon Quinn, back at college

June 5, 2008
Tomorrow morning Gordon Quinn and Jerry Temaner will return to their alma mater to show their pre-Kartemquin film, The College to a group of University of Chicago alums as part of the school's annual Alumni Weekend celebration. The filmmakers will (continued …)

More Kartemquin press

June 5, 2008
Kartemquin's In the Family is featured in an article in today's Wilmette Life. Additionally, At the Death House Door was recently highlighted in the International Documentary Association newslestter. Check it out. In the blogosphere, Mapping Stem (continued …)

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