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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 …)

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 …)

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 …)

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 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 …)

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 …)

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 …)

Kartemquin in DC on Wednesday

May 17, 2008
At the Death House Door will have its Washington DC premiere this Wednesday night at 7pm. We hope you can join us. There will be a post-screening discussion with Rev. Carroll Pickett, filmmakers Steve James and Peter Gilbert, and Diann Rust-Tierney (continued …)

At the Death House Door in San Francisco

May 17, 2008
Join us for a discussion on Capital Punishment featuring clips from Kartemquin's At the Death House Door tomorrow at noon in San Francisco. For more information, and to RSVP, click here. (continued …)

Kartemquin's Executive Director search in the press

May 17, 2008
Reel Chicago recently covered Kartemquin's recently initiated Executive Director search. Read the article. Read the job posting. (continued …)

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