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Local Stevie screening a huge success

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's Stevie screened to an enthusiastic crowd of over 150 people yesterday at the Lake Theatre in Oak Park, IL as part of a two-year mental health initiative going on in the community. A lively discussion followed the screening. (continued …)

Inquiring Nuns on WGN

May 2, 2008
Tune in Friday morning to the WGN morning news at 7:45am in Chicago, to see an interview with Kartemquin's Gordon Quinn and former Inquiring Nun Kathleen Westling, as well as clips from the 1968 Kartemquin Film, Inquiring Nuns. The documentary was (continued …)

Hoop Dreams top Basketball film

May 2, 2008
Hoop Dreams tied with Hoosiers for #1 placement on a recent MSN list of the top Basketball films of all time.Check out the list. (continued …)

Save the date- Chicago premiere of At the Death House Door

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's recent festival hit, At the Death House Door, will have its Chicago premiere at the Gene Siskel Film Center on Saturday night May 10th. Filmmakers Steve James and Peter Gilbert will be in attendance. (continued …)

In the Family P.O.V. national broadcast announced

May 2, 2008
Kartemquin's In the Family will air nationally on PBS's award-winning series, P.O.V. on October 7th during breast cancer awareness month. Details to come! (continued …)

Kartemquin at the Texas Capitol

May 2, 2008
Clips from Kartemquin's At the Death House Door will be featured at a special hearing on Capital Punishment at the Texas State Capitol on March 5th. Join us for this discussion with lawmakers, scholars, activists and the filmmakers themselves. The (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 …)

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 …)

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 …)

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 …)

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