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CPS students visit Kartemquin HQ

June 5, 2008
A group of Chicago high school students participating in the "A Better World" Media arts program visited Kartemquin this afternoon to learn more about careers in documentary film production. The young men visited with Gordon Quinn, Justine Nagan (continued …)

Kartemquin high on approval matrix

June 3, 2008
New York Magazine ranked Kartemquin's At the Death House Door high on its early June Approval Matrix. Check it out! (continued …)

Gordon on Hello Beautiful!

June 2, 2008
In case you missed it, you can download the podcast of yesterday's Hello Beautiful interview with Kartemquin's Gordon Quinn on the WBEZ website. Quinn was discussing his involvement on the 1964 Mike Shea documentary, And This is Free in (continued …)

And This is Free screening in Chicago

June 2, 2008
And This is Free, the acclaimed documentary about Chicago's Maxwell St. Market, created by Mike Shea, Howard Alk and Kartemquin's Gordon Quinn is screening tomorrow afternoon at the Chicago Cultural Center. Get the details. (continued …)

In the Family press continues

June 2, 2008
In anticipation of tomorrow night's Chicago screening of In the Family sponsored by the Midwest Independent Film Festival, read this article about the film in Screen Magazine. (continued …)

Prisoner of Her Past at the Printer's Row Book Fair

June 2, 2008
Come to the Printer's Row Book Fair on Sunday the 8th for a discussion with Howard Reich and Gordon Quinn about Kartemquin's doc-in-progress, Prisoner of Her Past. New clips from the film will also be showcased. Get more information. (continued …)

At the Death House Door Chicago screening a huge success

May 29, 2008
Many thanks to the Center on Wrongful Convictions at NWU, the ACLU, the ACLU of Illinois, the Public Square, The Chicago Tribune Foundation and especially to the hundreds of people who came out last night to watch the film. It was a powerful night (continued …)

In the Family in the blogosphere

May 29, 2008
Following the annual FORCE conference, and the local Chicago sneak peeks, In the Family is clearly resonating with audiences. Read responses on several blogs: total control program, women going down and diva debbi. (continued …)

Reverend Pickett on the radio

May 27, 2008
Reverend Pickett, the subject of Kartemquin's recent doc At the Death House Door, will be interviewed by two different Chicago radio stations tomorrow in anticipation of tomorrow night's screening. Please tune in to WLS AM 890 at 10am and then to (continued …)

Kartemquin at Kent College

May 27, 2008
Kartemquin's Gordon Quinn and Beth Iams spoke on Fair Use this evening at the Chicago-Kent College of Law at an event hosted by Banner & Witcoff. The filmmakers presented the tenets of the fair use doctrine and showed clips from Kartemquin (continued …)

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