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At the Death House Door Chicago premiere tickets now available

May 17, 2008
Get your tickets now for the Chicago premiere of Kartemquin's latest,At the Death House Door, at the Gene Siskel Film Center at 8pm. Filmmakers Steve James and Peter Gilbert will be in attendance. The premiere has started to generate press coverage. (continued …)

Press coverage of Terra Incognita

May 17, 2008
Read some coverage of the recent Virginia Tech screening of Terra Incognita. (continued …)

At the Death House Door wins again!

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin is excited to announce that At the Death House Door won "Best Documentary Feature" at the 2008 Atlanta Film Festival. Congratulations to the filmmakers! (continued …)

Kartemquin wins at Full Frame

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's recent doc, At the Death House Door, was awarded the "Inspiration Award" at this year's Full Frame documentary festival in Durham, NC. Filmmakers Steve James, Peter Gilbert, Gordon Quinn and Aaron Wickenden attended the festival on (continued …)

Kartemquin at the University of Chicago

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Director of Communications and Distribution Justine Nagan spoke on an alumni panel this morning at the University of Chicago. She joined four other alums of the Humanities Master's program to discuss their experiences for a group of (continued …)

Kartemquin Careers

May 2, 2008
Zak Piper, Kartemquin's Director of Production, represented Kartemquin today at a College and Career Fair co-hosted by The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and the Chicago Botanic Garden, for high school students participating in teenage programs (continued …)

Gilbert and James honored at IMAGE film awards gala

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Steve James and Peter Gilbert are being honored this evening at the 2008 IMAGE film awards gala in Atlanta for their recent work on At the Death House Door, in addition to their past film works. Congratulations to the duo! (continued …)

Inquiring Nuns in Puerto Rico

May 2, 2008
Recent interest in Kartemquin's 1968 film, Inquiring Nuns, continues with a screening at the 2008 Rincon International Film Festival in Puerto Rico on April 24th. The film will screen with the feature documentary, The Listening Project. Get the (continued …)

At the Death House Door to screen in the Twin Cities

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's At the Death House Door will screen on Friday, April 18th as a part of the Minneapolis / St. Paul International Film Festival. Get tickets now. (continued …)

Kartemquin and the New Deal

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's The Chicago Maternity Center Story was referenced in an article today in the Chicago Reader by J.R. Jones covering a series of film screenings called, "For a Better America: The New Deal on Film." The collection of work illustrates how (continued …)

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